Consecrated Virginity

IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

The following are educated estimates of the current number of Consecrated Virgins. The Vatican's Annuario Pontificio, which ordinarily catalogs ecclesiastical statistics, does not yet track this vocation.

In the world: more than 3000 in 21 countries, including:

• Argentina - ~250 consecrated
• Belgium - 50+ consecrated
• Czech Republic - 20 consecrated
• Denmark - 2 consecrated
• France - 600+ consecrated
• Germany - ~100 consecrated
• Italy - ~200 consecrated
• Poland - ~20 consecrated
• Spain - 170+ consecrated
• Ireland - 30 consecrated
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In the USA: more than 150

See lists of U..S. women consecrated to a life of virginity lived in the world: 2006, 2005, 2003.

Consecrated virgins living in the world fill a host of professions in the private and public sectors. In the United States alone these include:

• accountant
• bookkeeper
• firefighter
• forensic chemist with law enforcement
• librarian
• medical claims analyst
• medical doctor
• medical transcriptionist
• nurse
• psychologist
• public school teacher
• secretary
• social worker
• university administrator
• university professor

Each of the following states and districts are known to have one or more women consecrated as virgins living in the world:

Alabama

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Illinois

Indiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Dakata

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Texas

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Washington, D.C.

 

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