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全球天主教徒的地理分佈持续发生变化中，非洲为17%，美洲为48%，亚洲为11%，欧洲为23%，大洋洲为1%。<ref name="Pontifical Yearbook 2016">{{Cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2016/03/05/160305b.html|title=Pontifical Yearbook 2016 and the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2014: dynamics of a Church in transformation|publisher=Holy See Press Office|date=2016-03-05|accessdate=2019-07-15|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715063311/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2016/03/05/160305b.html|archivedate=2019-07-15|language=en}}</ref>
同样截至2017年年末，天主教在全球有5389位主教、41万4582位神父和46,894位终身执事，合共46万6865名神职人员。<ref name="Annuario" /> 任命的传道人包括3,157,568名教理学家，367,679名非专业传教士和39,951名非专业牧师。<ref name="Catholic Church Statistics 2015">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fides.org/en/stats|title=News - Agenzia Fides|website=www.fides.org}}</ref>
== 教义 ==