HIS-Press-Service, 1981 (6. évfolyam, 19-21. szám)
1981-03-01 / 19. szám
2 novices. Officially, the activity of this limited number of priests who are members of religious orders is to be limited to the care of their schools. In practice, however, these priests help out the dioceses time and again in the area of pastoral care and thus provide valuable help in this area of the Church's activity. Their activity as scholars and writers is an indispensible factor in the life of Hungary's Church. Exact figures on the number of religious order priests who are officially allowed to function as such in Hungary have not been made available up to now. On the basis of the 1950 agreement, however, their number should stand at about 200. HIS Press Service No.19, March 1981 Page 7 Number of Religious Order Seminarians Order 1972 - 1973 in Military Service Total 1976 - 1977 in Seminary in Military Service Total 1979 - 1980 in Seminary in Military Service Total 1980 - 1981 in Seminary in Military Service Benedicti nes Franciscans Piarists Total 9 12 14 35 2 11 1 13 14 3 38 9 3 13 6 15 6 9 1 14 25 13 38 16 11 13 40 4 20 1 12 2 15 7 47 21 2 23 8 1 9 13 3 16 42 48 In the following table, the religious order seminarians (not including those in novitiate in preparation for religious life) still completing their training are divided according to the year of theological studies being completed by them in the 1979/80 school year. r Order I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. I-VII. Year of Study Benedictines 5 4 1 2 2 1 1 16 Franciscans 4 2 4-- 1-11 Piari sts 3 5-3 1 -1 13 Total 12 11 5 5 3 2 2 40 in Seminary Total
