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| | Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome |
 | | The number of bishops increased in Africa by 45.8%, in Oceania by 34% and in Asia by 31.4%. |
 | | In Africa, however, the number of priests increased from 16,926 to 31,259, and in Asia the number of priests increased from 27,700 to 48,222. |
 | | In the span of 26 years, the number of seminarians in Africa grew from 5,636 to 22,791, in the Americas from 22,011 to 26,681, and in Asia from 11,536 to 29,220. |
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