The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP), a society of apostolic life that celebrates with the liturgical books prior to the reform, has 602 members as of November 1, 2026, according to the statistics published on its official website. Of these, 410 are priests, 24 deacons, and 168 seminarians, including postulants, and the average age of the group remains at 39 years, the same as the previous year.
Of the total members, 414 are incardinated in the Fraternity. Among the priests, 391 are fully incardinated, 14 are incorporated ad annum, one is a postulant, and four are associates. The Fraternity itself also counts 16 deceased members.
Twenty-five ordinations in 2026, compared to eleven in 2025
The most notable figure in the table is that of priestly ordinations: 25 in 2026, the highest number in the 2015-2026 series published by the Fraternity. In 2025 there were 11; in 2024, 18; and in the rest of the years of the period they ranged between 11 and 19. The record was already the subject of a previous report by InfoVaticana, published after the ordinations in June.
The comparison with last year’s statistics shows growth in the number of priests, which rises from 387 to 410, and of seminarians, from 162 to 168, out of a total of 579 members at that time. The deacons, for their part, decrease from 30 to 24.
Presence in 154 dioceses
The Fraternity currently serves 154 dioceses, with 257 Mass centers and 48 personal parishes. It has 144 houses, of which 109 are canonically erected. It is also associated with the Confraternity of Saint Peter, which brings together 9,560 members: 6,635 English-speaking, 1,370 German-speaking, 1,361 French-speaking, and 194 of other languages.
These figures come at a time when access to the traditional liturgy continues to be conditioned by the restrictions in force since Traditionis custodes. Just a few weeks ago, InfoVaticana reported that the Secretariat of State prohibited traditional Mass pilgrims from entering in procession into Saint Peter’s Basilica during the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage on October 24.