Catholic population in the Netherlands. In the last two decades, the Catholic Church lost around 1.5 million members.
Between 2014 and 2021, the number of Catholic priests living in the Netherlands decreased. Whereas in 2014, the Catholic Church still had over 700 priests, by 2021 the number of priests had fallen to just 604. The decline in the number of priests is matched by a decline in the general Number of Catholic priests in the Netherlands from 2014 to 2021
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Radboud University. "Number of Catholic priests in the Netherlands from 2014 to 2021." Chart. August 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096209/catholic-priests-in-the-netherlands/
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Number of Catholic priests in the Netherlands from 2014 to 2021 [Graph], Radboud University, August 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096209/catholic-priests-in-the-netherlands/