HOSPITALLER ORDER OF THE BROTHERS OF ST JOHN OF GOD Updated to 31-12-2016 General Secretariat
Total number of Brothers in the Order, including Novices: 1085 distributed as follows by Religious Province: PROVINCE Solemn Temporary Novices Oblates Professed Professed ROMAN 1 27 2 3 1 To which the Prov. Del. of Philippines belongs 10 2 3-2 LOMBARDY-VENETO 39 - - - 3 FRENCH 26 6 4 - AUSTRIAN 36 3 1 2 To which the Prov. Del. of Hungary belongs 4 3 - - - To which the Prov. Del. of Slovakia belongs 2 - - 1 To which the Prov. Del. Of Bohemia-M. belongs 4 1 - - 5 BAVARIAN 24 1 1-6 ANDALUSIAN 62-1 - 7 POLAND 70 8 2 3 PORTUGAL 8 41 12 3 - To which the Prov. Del. of Brazil belongs 8 3 3-9 ARAGON 71 1 - - 10 CASTILLE 91 - - - 11 COLOMBIA 28 5 6-12 OCEANIA 30 3 - - 13 UNITED STATES. 15 - - - 14 VIETNAM 70 17 - - 15 N. SOUTH AMERICA 22 1 1-16 MEXICO & CENTRAL AMERICA 21 1-1 17 S. SOUTH AMERICA 33 5 - - 18 INDIA 39 9 3 1 19 KOREA To which the Prov. Del. of Japan belongs 29 1 - - 6 - - - 20 AFRICA 56 17 5-21 WEST EUROPEAN 29 7 3-22 BENIN-TOGO 35 12 7-23 GOOD SHEPHERD IN NORTH AMERICA 32 - - - TOTAL 926 111 40 8 The following changes in the total number of Brothers have occurred since the publication of the statistics at 31-12-2015: The Brothers comprise Solemn Temporary Novices Oblates professed professed 31-12-2015 940 118 38 9 31-12-2016 926 111 40 8 DIFFERENCE -14-7 +2-1 2
2016 2015 2006 2000 1996 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Solemn Temporary Novices Oblates 3
The Brothers comprise 119 Priests: ROMAN 6 ARAGON 13 S. SOUTH AMERICA 8 LOMBARDY-VENETO 8 CASTILLE 9 INDIA 2 FRENCH 2 COLOMBIA 8 KOREA 2 AUSTRIAN 3 OCEANIA 2 AFRICA 3 BAVARIAN 2 UNITED STATES 2 WEST EUROPEAN 6 ANDALUSIAN 7 VIETNAM 4 GOOD SHEPHERD 5 POLAND 13 N. SOUTH AMERICA 3 PORTUGAL 8 MEXICO & C. AMERICA 3 and 1 Bishop from the Province of Aragon. The Brothers belong to 51 different countries: ARGENTINA 11 ENGLAND 14 NEW ZEALAND 3 AUSTRALIA 19 FRANCE 25 PANAMA 1 AUSTRIA 15 GERMANY 27 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 11 BENIN 22 GHANA 16 PARAGUAY 1 BOLIVIA 10 HUNGARY 6 PERU 14 BRAZIL 9 INDIA 55 PHILIPPINES 15 CAMEROON 17 IRELAND 26 POLAND 86 CANADA 9 ITALY 54 PORTUGAL 38 CHILE 10 JAPAN 4 SENEGAL 12 CHINA 1 KENYA 2 SIERRA LEONE 11 COLOMBIA 38 KOREA 22 SLOVAKIA 7 CONGO 3 LIBERIA 2 SPAIN 238 CROATIA 5 MADAGASCAR 11 TOGO 34 CUBA 2 MALAWI 10 U.S.A. 27 CZECH REPUBLIC 4 MALI 1 VENEZUELA 7 EAST TIMOR 10 MEXICO 16 VIETNAM 92 ECUADOR 2 MOZAMBIQUE 4 ZAMBIA 6 4
The average age of the Brothers in the Order as a whole is 59 distributed as follows: PROVINCE Sol. Prof. Temp. Prof. Novices Oblates TOTAL 1 ROMAN 61 42 33 61 58 2 LOMBARDY-VENETO 71 - - - 71 3 FRENCH 73 35 30-62 4 AUSTRIAN 59 36 33 65 57 5 BAVARIAN 68 33 30-65 6 ANDALUSIA 73-56 - 73 7 POLAND 55 41 34 86 53 8 PORTUGAL 69 33 25-59 9 ARAGON 75 49 - - 75 10 CASTILLE 75 - - - 75 11 COLOMBIA 60 32 40-53 12 OCEANIA 66 37 - - 64 13 UNITED STATES 74 - - - 73 14 VIETNAM 53 31 - - 48 15 N. SOUTH AMERICA 56 31 30-54 16 MEXICO & C. AMERICA 61 34-84 61 17 S. SOUTH AMERICA 58 46 - - 56 18 INDIA 49 28 25 89 45 19 KOREA 61 46 - - 60 20 AFRICA 51 31 27-45 21 WEST EUROPEAN 72 32 25-61 22 BENIN-TOGO 47 33 25-41 23 GOOD SHEPHERD 70 - - - 70 TOTAL 64 34 30 75 59 5
The Order comprises a world-wide total of: 21 Provinces Roman Portugal N. South America Lombardy-Veneto Aragon S. South America French Castille India Austrian Colombia Korea Bavarian Oceania Africa Andalusian United States West European Poland Vietnam Good Shepherd 1 Vice-Province Benin-Togo 1 General Delegation Mexico & Central America 6 Provincial Delegations Philippines Dependent on the Roman Province Hungary Dependent on the Austrian Province Slovakia Dependent on the Austrian Province Bohemia-Moravia Dependent on the Austrian Province Brazil Dependent on the Portuguese Province Japan Dependent on the Korean Province 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1996 2000 2006 2015 2016 Provinces General Delegations Vice-Provinces Provincial Delegations 6
The Brothers perform their apostolate in 454 APOSTOLIC CENTRES of which 221 are canonically erected, with the following breakdown by Province: PROVINCE Canonical Centres Others 0 GENERAL CURIA 3 1 1 ROMAN 7 1 To which the Prov. Del. of Philippines belongs 2 1 2 LOMBARDY-VENETO 13 6 3 FRENCH 7 1 4 AUSTRIAN 20 15 To which the Prov. Del. of Hungary belongs 3 2 To which the Prov. Del. of Slovakia belongs 3 2 To which the Prov. Del. of Bohemia-Moravia belongs 5 1 5 BAVARIAN 10 13 6 ANDALUSIA 14 15 7 POLAND 14 38 8 PORTUGAL To which the Prov. Del. of Brazil belongs 12 4 3 1 9 ARAGON 12 8 10 CASTILLE 16 5 11 COLOMBIA 5 6 12 OCEANIA 6-13 UNITED STATES 3 5 14 VIETNAM 3 3 15 N. SOUTH AMERICA 8 5 16 MEXICO & CENTRAL AMERICA 4 2 17 S. SOUTH AMERICA 10 1 18 INDIA 10 1 19 KOREA To which the Prov. Del. of Japan belongs 7 8 2 1 20 AFRICA 14 4 21 WEST EUROPEAN 8 44 22 BENIN-TOGO 5-23 GOOD SHEPHERD 10 47 TOTAL 221 233 7
300 200 100 0 1996 2000 2006 2015 2016 Others Canonical Centres Canonical Centres Others 8
The Brothers are present in 5 continents in the following 53 countries in the following 200 communities: EUROPE: 106 AUSTRIA 9 HUNGARY 2 SLOVAKIA 1 CZECH REPUBLIC 3 IRELAND 3 SPAIN 38 CROATIA 1 ITALY 13 UKRAINE 1 FRANCE 3 POLAND 13 UNITED KINGDOM 3 GERMANY 7 PORTUGAL 8 VATICAN 1 ASIA: 23 CHINA 1 ISRAEL 1 PHILIPPINES 2 EAST TIMOR 1 JAPAN 2 VIETNAM 5 INDIA 7 KOREA 4 AFRICA: 21 BENIN 3 MADAGASCAR 1 SIERRA LEONE 1 CAMEROON 1 MALAWI 1 TOGO 2 GHANA 3 MAURITIUS 1 ZAMBIA 1 KENYA 2 MOZAMBIQUE 1 LIBERIA 1 SENEGAL 3 AMERICA: 44 ARGENTINA 4 CUBA 3 MEXICO 1 BOLIVIA 4 CHILE 2 PERU 3 BRAZIL 3 ECUADOR 1 U.S.A. 7 CANADA 4 HAITI 1 VENEZUELA 3 COLOMBIA 7 HONDURAS 1 OCEANIA: 6 AUSTRALIA 3 NEW ZEALAND 1 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2 9
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ADMISSIONS TO THE NOVIATE BY PROVINCE: 23 FRENCH 2 POLAND 1 WEST EUROPEAN 3 AUSTRIAN 1 PORTUGAL 1 BENIN-TOGO 6 BAVARIAN 1 COLOMBIA 5 ANDALUSIAN 1 AFRICA 2 TEMPORARY PROFESSIONS BY PROVINCE: 17 POLAND 1 VIETNAM 2 BENIN-TOGO 1 PORTUGAL 5 S. SOUTH AMERICA 1 COLOMBIA 2 INDIA 5 SOLEMN PROFESSIONS BY PROVINCE: 14 POLAND 2 AFRICA 2 VIETNAM 6 BENIN-TOGO 4 DEATHS: 22 21 Solemn Professed 1 Oblate ROMAN 1 POLAND 1 UNITED STATES 1 LOMBARDY-VENETO 2 PORTUGAL 2 WEST EUROPEAN 1 FRENCH 1 ARAGON 1 GOOD SHEPHERD 1 AUSTRIAN 2 CASTILLE 3 ANDALUSIAN 5 COLOMBIA 1 DEPARTURES: 23 Solemn Professed 7 Temporary Professed 10 Novices 6 11
The Novices in 5 continents: 40 EUROPE: 5 GERMANY 1 SLOVAKIA 1 POLAND 2 SPAIN 1 ASIA: 8 EAST TIMOR 2 INDIA 3 PHILIPPINES 3 AFRICA: 19 BENIN 3 MADAGASCAR 4 TOGO 4 GHANA 2 MALAWI 3 KENYA 1 SENEGAL 2 AMERICA: 8 BRAZIL 1 COLOMBIA 6 PERU 1 OCEANIA: 0 AUSTRALIA 0 NEW ZEALAND 0 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 1996 2000 2006 2015 2016 5 0 Europe Asia Africa America Oceania 12