Quanti preti? Per quale popolo?

Studio socio-demografico sulla diocesi di Milano

Abstract

This article proposes to elaborate a numerical prevision of the clergy of the Diocese of Milan, contextualized in the evolution of the religious and demographic situation. First and foremost we will proceed with a socio-de-mographic analysis of the territory which the Diocese inhabits, which will place its attention on questions such as fecundity, the frequenting of the sac-raments, religious practice and the adherence to scholastic Religious Catho-lic Instruction. Following on we will illustrate, after having indicated the modality of calculation, the numerical forecast data for priests and deacons up to 2040. The conclusion will see a concrete declination of the previsions elaborated according to the distribution of priests in the deaneries of the Diocese.