Up-to-date information about the CRE in 2016

As of 1st January 2016 there are fifteen Units in the Conference of Redemptorists of Europe (CRE). There are twelve Provinces (Rome, Naples, Madrid, Lisbon, Dublin, London, Saint Clement, Vienna-Munich, France, Warsaw, Prague, Lviv), two Viceprovinces (Bratislava, Michalovce) and one Region (Region of Saint Gerard). There is also one Interprovincial Community in Tirana-Kamëz in Albania and one community dependent on the General Government in Namur in Belgium.

There are 1416 Redemptorists in the CRE.

The statistic of the Units from the biggest number of the members to smallest are given below:
1. Warsaw: 356
2. Saint Clement: 196
3. Madrid: 141
4. Lviv: 113
5. Dublin: 107
6. Vienna-Munich: 106
7. France: 96
8. Naples: 68
9. Rome: 45
10. Bratislava: 45
11. London: 42
12. Lisbon: 38
13. Michalovce: 35
14. Prague: 14
15. Region of Saint Gerard: 14

The number of communities in the CRE: 163
Again, the number is given from the biggest number to the smallest:
1. Warsaw: 32
2. Madrid: 18
3. Naples: 16
4. Saint Clement: 15 (including 5 so called Senior Communities)
5. Lviv: 12 (and 3 mission stations)
6. Vienna-Munich: 11
7. Dublin: 9
8. Rome: 8
9. London: 7
10. Lisbon: 7
11. France: 7
12. Bratislava: 6
13. Region of Saint Gerard: 6
14. Michalovce: 5
15. Prague: 3
16. Interprovincial Community in Albania: 1
17. Mission Belgium South: 1

Age structure:
under 30: 75
31-40: 168
41-50: 194
51-60: 178
61-70: 165
71-80: 301
over 80: 335

Number of students/candidates at different stages of formation: 111
Prior to Novitiate: 20
Novitiate: 21
Temporary Professed: 50
Perpetually Professed: 21

The biggest number of students and candidates are in:
Warsaw: 47 (prior to Novitiate 9; Novitiate 9; Temporary Professed 24; Perpetual Professed 5.
Lviv: 24 (prior to Novitiate 1; Novitiate 4; Temporary Professed 13; Perpetual Professed 6).
Madrid: 7 (prior to Novitiate 1; Novitiate 3; Temporary Professed 1; Perpetual Professed 2).

The Redemptorists work in 24 countries in the CRE: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Poland, Portugal, Russia (in Europe and in Asia), Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine; and in Asia: Kazakhstan (Region of Saint Gerard), Lebanon, Iraq (Province of Saint Clement).
Most of the Redemptorists in the CRE are Latin Rite Catholics, but there are also Redemptorists of Eastern Rites: Greek Catholic, Chaldean and Maronite.

Fr. Jacek Zdrzałek