Carmelites of St. Joseph: Founded by Bishop Morgades in 1900 in Barcelona. The persecutor of Mosén Jacinto Verdaguer. There were 94 in 1986. In 2013 they had increased to 105 but had decreased by 10 compared to the previous year. An uncertain future. As of January 1, 2014, there are 103. Two fewer than the previous year. And as of January 1, 2015, 101, two more lost in one year.
On January 1, 2016, they rose again to 103. The same number as on January 1, 2017.
On January 1, 2018, the 103 from the last three years remain.
On January 1, 2019, guess how many there are? You guessed it: 103, Strange, strange, strange.
On January 1, 2021, one religious had disappeared: 99
On January 1, 2022, there are still 99
On January 1, 2023, there are still 99.
On January 1, 2024, they drop to 86. 13 religious lost. 9%
On January 1, 2025, they increase by 2: 88. A 7% decrease.
Carmelites of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Founded by Asunción Soler Gimeno in Málaga in 1924. There were 303 in 1973. Forty years later, only 141 remained. They have lost 53% of the congregation. As of January 1, 2014, there were 144. Three more than the previous year. They remain at a 53% loss. But a year later, on January 1, 2015, only 133 remained, 11 fewer than a year earlier. The loss is now 57%.
They continue to decline, as on January 1, 2016, only 124 remained, nine fewer than a year earlier. The decrease is now 60%.
On January 1, 2020, they lost four religious: 122. The decrease increases by one point: 60%.
On January 1, 2023, they lose 1: 117. 62%
On January 1, 2024, 103, 14 disappeared. 66%
On January 1, 2025, there are 101, 2 religious lost compared to the previous year. The decrease rises to 67%.
Carmelite Missionaries. Founded by Fr. Palau and Quer in Ciudadela (Menorca) in 1860. 1,887 in 1973; in 2013, 1,632 remained. They have only lost 14%. As of January 1, 2014, there were 1,600, thirty-two fewer than the previous year. The loss has risen to 16%.
They continue to decline. In the following year, 21 religious were lost, so as of January 1, 2016, there were 1,541. The decrease is now 19%.
On January 1, 2017, they had decreased to 1,493, losing 48 religious. The decrease is 21%.
On January 1, 2018, 1,461 remained, a decrease of 32 religious and a negative percentage of 23%.
On January 1, 2019, 51 had disappeared; 1,410 religious remained. The decrease is 26%.
On January 1, 2020, there is no change in their trend. 29 religious disappear, leaving their number at 1,381. The decrease rises to 27%.
On January 1, 2021, 1,340 remained, 76 fewer than a year earlier. 29%
On January 1, 2022, they lose 26 religious: 1,314. The loss rises to 31%
On January 1, 2023, 50 have disappeared: 1,264 34%
On January 1, 2024, there were 1,223, 41 fewer than a year earlier. The loss is 36%
On January 1, 2025, there were 1,184, 29 fewer than a year earlier. And the decrease of the Congregation is 38%.
Carmelite Missionary Teresians: Also of Balearic foundation, 1860. In 1973 there were 951; in 2013 they had decreased to 645. They have lost 33%. As of January 1, 2014, only 627 remained. Eighteen fewer than the previous year. The loss has increased to 35%. As of January 1, 2015, there were 612, 15 fewer than the previous year. They have lost 36% of the congregation since 1973.
They continue their accelerated downward trend; a year later (January 1, 2016), there were only 594. The decrease rises to 38%.
On January 1, 2017, they continued their descent: 584 religious, ten fewer than the previous year, bringing the loss to 39%.
On January 1, 2018, there were 556. Twenty-eight religious were lost. The decrease is 42%.
A year later, at the beginning of 2019, there were 9 fewer religious, 547. The loss is 43%.
On January 1, 2020, after losing another 10 religious, 537 remained. The loss rises one point: 44%.
On January 1, 2021, there were already 509, with the disappearance of 28 religious. The loss rises to 47%.
On January 1, 2022, there were only 497, twelve fewer than a year earlier. 48%
On January 1, 2023, 30 disappear: 467. 51%
On January 1, 2024, 155 are lost: 452. 53%
On January 1, 2025, 96 religious remained on the path: 356 remain. 63%.
Carmelites Teresas of St. Joseph: Founded by Teresa Toda and Teresa Guasch in Barcelona in 1878. In 1973 there were 307; in 2013 265 remained. They have also only lost 14%. As of January 1, 2014, there were 261, four fewer than in 2013. The loss is now 15%. As of January 1, 2015, they increased to 268, seven more than a year earlier. Thus, they have reduced the decrease to 13%.
But that increase was not maintained, and as of January 1, 2016, they had decreased to 251, losing no less than 17 religious. The decrease is now 19%.
And they continue to decline. On January 1, 2017, there were only 245, six fewer than the previous year. The loss is now 21%.
The decline continues; on January 1, 2018, there were 240, five fewer than a year earlier; they lose 23%.
On January 1, 2019, another four religious had disappeared; 236 remained. The decrease rises one point: 24%.
Another four religious are those who left in 2019, leaving 232 on January 1, 2020. The decrease rises to 25%.
Another four disappeared in 2020, leaving 228 on January 1, 2021. 26%
On January 1, 2022, they lose another four religious: 224. 28%
On January 1, 2023, 4 have been lost: 220. 29%
On January 1, 2024, they lose 4 religious: 216. 30%
On January 1, 2025, another 4 are lost again; 212 remain. 31%.
Watchers of Eucharistic Worship: Founded by Miguel Maura in Palma de Mallorca in 1902. I have not found them in the Annuario. In 1975 there were 52, and in 1991 barely 32 remained. Perhaps they have disappeared. I still cannot find them in the 2015 edition. Do they exist? A kind reader informs us, in the comments, that the 24 who remained have merged with the Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament and Mary Immaculate. Therefore, we can consider them dissolved.
Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament and of Mary Immaculate: There were 217 in 1973. In 2013, after the absorption of the Watchers of Eucharistic Worship, 237 remained. In 2014 there were already 231, and as of January 1, 2015, 227. The increase from the incorporation of the Watchers is close to disappearing.
They increase slightly in the last year: two religious, bringing them to 229. Thanks to the merger, they are still more than they were in 1973.
But joy is short-lived in the house of the poor, especially when absorbing very elderly religious. On January 1, 2017, there were already 222, so the merger is now practically amortized.
On January 1, 2018, only 214 remained, eight fewer than the previous year, so the effects of the grouping are now amortized. 2%.
On January 1, 2019, 210 remained, four fewer than a year earlier. 3%
On January 1, 2020, 207 remain, three fewer than a year earlier. They lose 5%.
On January 1, 2021, 197 remained, ten fewer than the previous year. 10%
On January 1, 2022, they remained at 197. 10%
On January 1, 2023, 4 are lost: 193. 12%
On January 1, 2024, 8 disappear: 185. 15%
On January 1, 2025, 8 are lost again: 177 remain. 19%.
Watchers of the Reign of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Founded by Amadora Gómez Alonso in 1947. I also cannot find them in the Annuario. In 1991 there were 43. They must be of diocesan right, and it does not seem risky to suppose that they will become extinct before achieving pontifical status.
Our Lady of Compassion: Founded in Toulouse in 1817. There were 502 in 1973; 268 remained in 2013. They have lost 43%. As of January 1, 2014, only 256 remained, twelve fewer than the previous year. The loss is now 50%. As of January 1, 2015, they continued to decline and were only 245, 11 fewer than a year earlier. They are now at a 52% decrease.
The march toward disappearance continues. As of January 1, 2016, they had decreased to 232, thirteen fewer than a year earlier. The decrease is now 54%.
And they continue on that path, as on January 1, 2017, there were only 226, six fewer than a year earlier. The reduction rises to 55%.
On January 1, 2018, 221 remained, five fewer than the previous year; they lose 57%.
At the beginning of 2019, eight more religious who have left, leaving 213. The decrease reaches 58%.
On January 1, 2020, 6 disappeared: 207. 59%.
On January 1, 2021, 194 remained, 13 fewer than a year earlier. 62%
On January 1, 2022, 6 disappeared: 188. 63%
On January 1, 2023, 13 disappeared; 175 remain. The loss now rises to 66%.
On January 1, 2024, 10 more are lost: 165. 68%
On January 1, 2025, they remain at 165 and 68%.
Sisters of the Company of the Cross: Founded by Sister Ángela de la Cruz in Seville in 1875. There were 695 in 1973 and 589 in 2013. They have lost 15%. As of January 1, 2014, there were 580. Nine fewer than the previous year. The loss is now 17%. As of January 1, 2015, 567 remained, thirteen fewer than a year earlier. The loss of religious rises to 19%.
On January 1, 2016, they continued to decline. 545 remained,twenty-two fewer than a year earlier. They are at a 21% decrease.
The following year was also not good; 539 religious, six fewer than the previous year. A 23% decrease.
They continue to decline. On January 1, 2018, 526 remained, thirteen fewer than a year earlier. The loss is now 25%. Good results compared to many others, but they are beginning to be alarming.
On January 1, 2019, they had lost another seven religious; 519 remained. The decrease is 26%.
On January 1, 2020, 511, eight fewer than a year earlier. 27%.
On January 1, 2021, 492, 19 fewer than the previous year. 29%%
On January 1, 2022, there were 482, 10 fewer than the previous year. 31%
On January 1, 2023, 14 disappeared: 468 remain. The decrease rises to 33%.
On January 1, 2024, another 10 disappear: 458. 35%
On January 1, 2025, 446 remain, 12 fewer than a year earlier. 36%.
Company of St. Teresa of Jesus: Founded by St. Enrique de Ossó in 1876 in Tarragona. In 1973 there were 1,818; in 2013, 1,371. They have lost 25%. As of January 1, 2014, there were 1,339, thirty-two fewer than in 2013. The loss has risen to 27%. As of January 1, 2015, they had dropped to 1,311, 28 fewer than a year earlier. They are now at a 28% decrease.
On January 1, 2016, they continued to decline, and there were only 1,272, 39 fewer than a year earlier. They have lost 31% of the congregation.
And on January 1, 2017, they continued in the same vein, with only 1,239 religious remaining, 33 fewer than a year earlier. The loss is 32%.
As of January 1, 2018, they had decreased to 1,204, thirty-five fewer than a year earlier. Their decrease is now at 34%.
The downward trend does not stop, and in 2018 they lost thirty religious, leaving 1,174 on January 1, 2019. The decrease: 36%.
On January 1, 2020, 1,141 remained, 33 religious lost. The 38% loss.
On January 1, 2021, they had decreased to 1,094, 47 religious disappeared. 40%
On January 1, 2022, 1,071, 23 religious were lost. 42%
On January 1, 2023, 27 religious disappeared. 1,044 remain. The loss is 43%.
On January 1, 2024, 22 disappear: 1,022. 44%
On January 1, 2025, 41 have disappeared, so they lose the 1,000 mark. 981 remain. 47%.
Company of the Savior: Founded by Bishop Modrego in 1952 in Barcelona. In 1986 there were 60, and in 2013, 75. They are few but are increasing. As of January 1, 2014, they continue to increase. There were already 77, two more than the previous year. A nearly unprecedented case.
As of January 1, 2015, they had dropped to 76; one religious was lost during the year.
A year later (January 1, 2016), they remained at 76.
On January 1, 2017, they miraculously rose to 79, three more religious than the previous year. They continue to grow, although minimally.
A year later, there were 84, five more than a year earlier, and in their smallness, a clear example of survival and growth.
On January 1, 2019, one more, 85. Astonishing.
On January 1, 2020, the miracle.. continues. They grow by one more religious: 86.
On January 1, 2021, five more: 91.
On January 1, 2022, they continue to increase: 93. Two more than a year earlier.
On January 1, 2023, the acceleration increases. !!! 8 more religious!!! 101. If true, they should share their art with all religious.
On January 1, 2024, the miracle continues. There are 103, 2 more than a year earlier.
On January 1, 2025, 3 more than the previous year: 106.
Missionary Company of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Founded by Pilar Navarro Garrido in Madrid in 1942. In 1973 there were 167, and in 2013, 165. They maintain their number, which is no small feat. As of January 1, 2014, there were 166, one more than the previous year. As of January 1, 2015, they had already dropped to 160; 6 religious have disappeared. The loss is 5%.
On January 1, 2016, there were two more than the previous year: 162. They only lose 4%.
On January 1, 2017, they drop to 156, six fewer than the previous year. The decrease is 7%.
As of January 1, 2018, they had decreased by three, leaving 153 with a 9% loss. Privileged in their smallness.
In 2018, they lost 9 religious, leaving, as of January 1, 2019, 144. A decrease of 14%.
On January 1, 2020, they remain at 144. And the decrease is 14%.
On January 1, 2021, they lose three religious: 141. 16%.
Of which they recover two on January 1, 2022: 143. 15%.
On January 1, 2023, 2 disappear: 141. 16%.
On January 1, 2024, 3 are lost: 138. 18%.
On January 1, 2025, they gain 4: 142. 15%.
Conceptionist Missionary Sisters of Education: Founded in Burgos in 1892 by Carmen de J. Salles Berangueras. There were 649 in 1973, and in 2013, 474 remained. They lost 27%. As of January 1, 2014, there were only 465, nine fewer than the previous year. The loss is now 29%. They continue to lose religious along the way, as on January 1, 2015, they had dropped to 457, 8 fewer than the previous year. The loss is now 30%.
They continue their downward trend. Eleven religious lost in one year reduce them to 446. The decrease rises to 32%.
On January 1, 2018, they maintain 433, so they continue at a 34% loss.
A year later, on January 1, 2019, only 412 remained, 21 fewer than a year earlier. Thus, the decrease rises to 37%.
On January 1, 2020, mysteriously there are 14 more religious; 426. Perhaps they should explain it. The decrease drops two points: 35%.
On January 1, 2021, the mysterious growth of the previous year vanishes, with 25 religious disappearing: 401. The loss rises to 39%.
2021 was also not good, taking 22 more religious, leaving 379 on January 1, 2022. 42%.
On January 1, 2023, 3 have disappeared: 376. 43%.
On January 1, 2024, they increase by 8: 384. 41%.
On January 1, 2025, 6 are lost: 378. 42%.
Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation: Founded by St. María Rosa Molas in the province of Tarragona in 1858. There were 903 in 1973 and 581 in 2013. They lost 35%. As of January 1, 2014, 564 remained, seventeen fewer than in 2013. The loss is now 38%. The year until January 1, 2015, was better, as only 2 religious were lost, leaving 562. They remain at 38%.
They continue to lose religious; fifteen in the last year. On January 1, 2016, they had decreased to 547. They are now at a 40% loss.
On January 1, 2017, the descent continued, and there were 532, fifteen fewer than a year earlier. The reduction is 42%.
The descent continues unabated. On January 1, 2018, they had lost nine more religious. 523 remained. They are now at 43%.
On January 1, 2019, another eleven religious had disappeared: 512. The decrease rises to 44%.
They continue on the same line; ten disappear in 2019; on January 1, 2020, 520. They lose 45%.
On January 1, 2021, 34 religious have disappeared; 486 remain. 47%.
On January 1, 2022, 14 have been lost: 472. 48%.
On January 1, 2023, 15 were lost: 457. 50% has now been reached.
On January 1, 2024, 17 more are lost: 440. 52%.
On January 1, 2025, 11 are lost: 429. 53%.
Parish Cooperators of Christ the King: Founded by the Spanish Fr. Vallet in Chabeuil, France, in 1943. There were 80 in 1987, and in 2013 they increased to 105. A very notable increase for a small congregation. As of January 1, 2014, there were 67. Therefore, the previous year’s data must be wrong, although I have checked it again. They have lost 17%. As of January 1, 2015, 64 remained, 3 fewer than a year earlier. The loss is 20%.
On January 1, 2017, they had one more religious: 63. The decrease is 22%.
On January 1, 2018, 58 remained, five fewer than a year earlier. The decrease rises to 28%.
On January 1, 2019, there were 60, two more than a year earlier. Thus, the decrease had dropped to 25%.
On January 1, 2020, they lose one religious: 59. They lose 27%.
On January 1, 2021, two religious have been lost: 57. They lose 29%.
On January 1, 2022, there are 56. The loss rises to 30%.
On January 1, 2023, 5 religious are left on the path: 51. 37% loss.
On January 1, 2024, 4 more are lost: 47. 42%.
On January 1, 2025, there are 46, one fewer than the previous year. 43%.
Company of Christ the King: Founded in Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, in 1939, by Juana Amalia Cubero. I do not find them in the Annuario, undoubtedly because they are of diocesan right. In 1991 there were barely 8, so they may have disappeared. I suppose they no longer exist.
Ladies of the Assumption of Our Lady: Founded in Burgos in 1927 by María Bartolomé and Errazu. I also do not find them in the Annuario. In 1991 there were 9, so their disappearance is also possible.
Mothers of the Abandoned and St. Joseph of the Mountain: Founded by Mother Petra de San José in Málaga in 1881. There were 488 in 1973, and in 2013, 336 remained. They have lost 32%. As of January 1, 2014, there were 327, nine fewer than the previous year. The loss is now 33%. They continue in a precipitous decline, as on January 1, 2015, barely 314 remained, 13 fewer than a year earlier. The decrease is now 36%.
They continue to decline. On January 1, 2016, there were 303, eleven fewer than a year earlier. The loss is now 38%.
They continue to decline. On January 1, 2017, only 299 remained, four fewer than the previous year. The reduction is 39%.
On January 1, 2018, there were only 292, seven fewer than a year earlier. The decrease is now at 41%.
And worsening because on January 1, 2019, fifteen more religious had been lost. 277 remained. 44% loss.
Four religious disappeared in 2019, so on January 1, 2020, there were 273. The decrease is 45%.
On January 1, 2021, another ten religious vanish: 263. 47%.
On January 1, 2022, 5 religious are lost: 258. 48%.
On January 1, 2023, 9 disappeared; 249. 49%.
On January 1, 2024, 7 more disappear: 242. 51%.
On January 1, 2025, 11 remained on the path: 231. 52%.
Disciples of Jesus: Founded by Pedro Ruiz de los Paños (1940). In 1991 there were 142, and in 2013, 123 remained. In such a short time, they have lost 14%. As of January 1, 2014, there were 116, seven fewer than in 2013. A dark future, even though the losses only represent 19%, but only in 22 years. And they continue to decline, as on January 1, 2015, there were 114, 2 fewer than a year earlier. The decrease is now 20%.
On January 1, 2016, there were three fewer: 111. They lose 22%.
On January 1, 2017, there were only 104, seven fewer religious, so the decrease, taking 1991 as a reference, is now 27%.
As of January 1, 2018, they lose one more religious. 103 remain. 28%.
On January 1, 2019, they have left the 100 mark. Seven religious disappeared. 96 remain. They lose 33%.
They continue to decline. In 2019, three more leave: 93 as of January 1, 2020. They lose 35%.
On January 1, 2021, seven religious are lost: 86. 40%.
On January 1, 2022, only one religious has disappeared: 85. 41%.
On January 1, 2023, 6 disappeared: 79. 45%.
On January 1, 2024, 3 more are lost: 76. . 47%.
On January 1, 2025, another disappears; 75. 48%.
Sisters of Christian Doctrine: Founded by Micaela Grau in 1880 in Molíns de Rey (Barcelona). In 1973 there were 157, and in 2013, 74. They have lost 53% of the religious. As of January 1, 2014, there were 73, one fewer than the previous year. The loss is now 54%. As of January 1, 2015, they had dropped to 70, 3 who left in one year. The loss is now 56%.
As of January 1, 2016, they had lost another three religious: 67. The decrease rises to 58%.
On January 1, 2017, only 66 remained, after losing another religious. They remain at 58%.
A year later, they had lost two more religious and 64 remained. The decrease is at 60%, and given their numbers and that they are practically all elderly, closure seems imminent.
Another year and the prognosis worsens. On January 1, 2019, there were seven fewer religious. Only 57 now. The decrease is 64%.
The situation has not improved at all in 2019, a year in which three more religious left. 54 as of January 1, 2020. The decrease is at 66%.
On January 1, 2021, 52. Two more religious disappear. 67%.
On January 1, 2022, only one religious is lost: 51. 68%.
2022 was tragic, taking 5 religious who, when there are so few, is the announcement of imminent disappearance. 46 remain. They have already lost 71% of the institute, and we already say that these percentages are below reality.
On January 1, 2024, they have had 15 new entries and become 61. The loss of the congregation drops to 68%. Difficult to understand.
On January 1, 2025, 6 have disappeared: 55. 65%.
Dominicans of the Anunciata: Founded by Fr. Coll in Vic, in 1856. In 1973 there were 1,849; forty years later, only 962 remained. They have lost 47% of the congregation along the way. They continue in free fall. As of January 1, 2014, there were 944, eighteen fewer than the previous year. 50% of the congregation has already been lost. And that is increasing. And at a precipitous pace, as at the beginning of 2015, only 919 remained, 25 fewer than a year earlier. The decrease is now 51%.
They continue to decline. On January 1, 2016, they had lost seventeen more religious, leaving only 902. The decrease is now 52%.
On January 1, 2017, they had dropped to 884, 18 fewer than a year earlier. They have already lost 53% of the congregation.
And that continues in free fall. On January 1, 2018, only 872 remained, twelve fewer than a year earlier. They remain at 53%.
On January 1, 2019, 861 remained, eleven fewer than a year earlier. The loss is now 54% of the institute.
On January 1, 2020, an unprecedented event occurred in the institute. Instead of continuing their fall, they had four more religious: 865.
Many will think that one swallow does not make a summer, but I hope it does. The decrease remains at 54%.
Of course, it did not make summer. 2020 brought a very harsh winter in which 85 religious disappeared. 800 remain. The loss has now skyrocketed to 57%.
The following year was also bad, in which 41 religious disappeared. On January 1, 2022, 759 remained. 59%.
The poor results continue; on January 1, 2023, there were 38 fewer religious: 721. 62%.
On January 1, 2024, 21 have disappeared. 700 remain. 63%.
On January 1, 2025, 24 are lost: 676. 64%.
Dominicans of the Teaching of the Immaculate Conception: Medieval Spanish foundation. In 1973, 230 remained, and in 2013, only 152. They have lost 34%. As of January 1, 2014, there were 148, four fewer than the previous year. The loss is now 36%. At the beginning of 2015, they decreased to 144, 4 fewer than a year earlier. And the decrease is 38%.
As of January 1, 2016, they lost only one religious: 143. They remain at 38%.
On January 1, 2017, there were 138, five fewer than a year earlier. The decrease is 40%.
A year later, on January 1, 2018, they had lost another five religious and 133 remained. 43% decrease.
A year later, there were 132; one Dominican had been lost. They remain at 43%.
On January 1, 2020, they continue their continuous decline. They have lost four more religious: 129. 44% decrease.
On January 1, 2021, 126 remain, three fewer than a year earlier. 46%.
On January 1, 2022, 124, two fewer than the previous year. 47%.
On January 1, 2023, 121, 3 fewer than a year earlier. 48%.
On January 1, 2024, 9 are lost: 112. 52%.
On January 1, 2025, 2 have disappeared: 110. 53%.
Dominicans of the Immaculate Conception
: Of French foundation (1866), they have a small presence in Spain. In 1973 there were 511, and in 2013, 365 remained. They lost 29%. As of January 1, 2014, there were only 345, twenty fewer than the previous year, so they seem to be in free fall. The loss is now 33%. Whether it is an error or reality, the Annuario says that at the beginning of 2015, there were 354, nine more than a year ago. Thus, the decrease is reduced to 31%.
But joy is short-lived in the house of the poor, as on January 1, 2016, they were back to 344, so the decrease returns to 33%.
On January 1, 2017, there were 345, one more than a year earlier. The loss continues at 33%.
On January 1, 2018, 338 remained, seven fewer than the previous year. They lose 34%.
On January 1, 2019, 325 remain, thirteen fewer than a year earlier. The decrease is 37%.
On January 1, 2020, they lose three more: 322. They remain at 37%.
On January 1, 2021, ten more have disappeared: 312. 39%.
On January 1, 2022, 13 are lost: 299. 42%.
On January 1, 2023, 6 have disappeared: 293. 43%.
On January 1, 2024, 21 more left: 272. 47%.
On January 1, 2025, another 10 were lost: 262. 49%.
Dominicans of the Presentation: Also of French foundation (1696) and with a greater presence in Spain. In 1973 there were 4,699, and in 2013 they had decreased to 2,256. They lost 53% of the congregation. As of January 1, 2014, there were 2,230, twenty-six fewer than in 2013. They remain at 53%. At the beginning of 2015, the bleeding continues: 2,183, 37 fewer than a year earlier. They are now at a 54% decrease.
The decadence does not seem to be stoppable, as on January 1, 2016, they had already dropped to 2,106, seventy-seven religious lost in one year. They are now at a 56% loss.
And the collapse continues on January 1, 2017, on which date only 2,026 religious remained. Another eighty disappearing in one year. The loss is now 57%.
A year later, having lost the 2,000 mark, 1,953 remained, seventy-five religious who were lost on January 1, 2018. They now lose the 59%.
The stampede continues; 78 religious disappeared in 2018, and at the beginning of 2019, there were only 1,875. The decrease is 61%.
No change in their downward trend in 2019. On January 1, 2020, there were 1,803, 72 fewer than the previous year. The decrease is now 62%.
On January 1, 2021, 1,796 remained, seven fewer than a year earlier. 62%.
77 disappeared in 2021, leaving 1,719 on January 1, 2022. 64%.
On January 1, 2023, 61 remained in the gatehouse, 1,658. The decrease is 65%.
On January 1, 2024, there were 1,592, 66 fewer than the previous year. 67%.
On January 1, 2025, 1,539, 53 fewer than a year earlier. 68%.
Dominicans of the Blessed Sacrament: Founded by María Antonia de Jesús Tirado in 1799 in Jerez de la Frontera. I do not find them in the Annuario. In 1991 there were barely 49. I suppose they are of diocesan right and many fewer. The reader we have been mentioning tells us that they are present in Spain, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Ecuador, according to information from CONFER in 2022 (See comment).
Dominican Missionaries of the Holy Family: Founded by Bishop José Cueto Díaz de la Maza in Las Palmas in 1895. In 1973 there were 428, and forty years later, only 223 remain. They lost 48%. As of January 1, 2014, they continued to decline; there were already 217, five fewer than the previous year. They are now at a 50% loss. They continue in accelerated decline, as on January 1, 2015, there were 210, 7 fewer than a year earlier. The decrease is 51%.
Others who are heading accelerated toward disappearance. On January 1, 2016, only 200 remained, ten fewer than on the same date in 2015. The decrease is now 54%.
On January 1, 2017, there were already 197, three fewer than a year earlier. The loss continues at 54%.
On January 1, 2018, the 197 and 54% continued.
A year later, nine more religious had been left behind; 188. The loss is now 57%.
In 2019, three were lost. As of January 1, 2020, 185 remained. They remain at 57%.
On January 1, 2021, they had lost eight more religious: 177. 59%.
On January 1, 2022, 14 religious are lost: 163. 62%.
On January 1, 2023, there are 9 fewer religious: 154. They have already lost 65%.
On January 1, 2024, they lose 8 more: 146. 66%.
On January 1, 2025, 4 were lost: 142. 67%.
Dominicans of Our Lady of Victories: Founded by Margarita Prieto Menéndez in Somió (Asturias) in 1939. I do not find them in the Annuario. In 1991 there were 22. They must be of diocesan right. According to the reader who has given us so much data (11.5.2024), the Dominicans of Our Lady of Victories also have a presence in more than one country, as this news from 10 years ago on the Dominicans’ website on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the foundation of said Dominicans tells us. (See comment).
Dominican Oblates of Jesus: Founded in 1953 in Madrid by Fr. Silvestre Sancho Morales OP.
I also do not find them in the Annuario. In 1991 there were 24. The same can be said of these. The reader we have been mentioning tells us (11.5.2024) that the Dominican Oblates of Jesus, at least in Carmona (Seville), merged with the Dominicans of Nazareth in 2011. (See comment).
Handmaids of Christ the King: Founded in 1928 in Tudela, Navarra, by Pedro Legaria Armendáriz. In 1973 there were 397, and in 2013, 303. They lost 25%. As of January 1, 2014, there were 295, eight fewer than the previous year. The loss is now at 26%. And the descent sharpens in 2014, as on January 1, 2015, only 279 remained, with the disappearance of 16 religious. The decrease is now 30%.
They continue to lose religious. On January 1, 2016, they had decreased to 264, fifteen fewer than a year earlier. The loss is now 34%.
On January 1, 2017, they had increased by one religious: 265. They continue at 34%.
On January 1, 2018, they increased by one religious, 266. They remain at 34%.
On the other hand, on January 1, 2019, they had lost 13; there were 253. And the decrease of 37%.
On January 1, 2020, they increase again by no less than ten religious and are 263. Again at 34%. These accordion congregations are very suspicious.
On January 1, 2021, they touch discounts: 247, 16 fewer than the previous year. 38%.
On January 1, 2022, they lose 11 more: 236. 41%.
On January 1, 2023, 6 have disappeared, 230. 43%.
On January 1, 2024, 16 more are lost: 214. 47%.
On January 1, 2025, 207 remained, 7 fewer than a year earlier. 48%.
Handmaids of the Immaculate Girl: Of Mexican foundation (1901) and with a presence in Spain. In 1980 there were 364, and in 2013, 306. As of January 1, 2014, 302 remain, four fewer than in 2013. They have lost 18%. As of January 1, 2015, there was one more, 303. 17%.
On January 1, 2016, 295 remained, eight fewer than the previous year. They decrease by 19%.
On January 1, 2017, they had decreased to 286, nine fewer than a year earlier. They lose 22%.
On January 1, 2019, it was more benevolent, and they only lost one religious: 262. The decrease is 29%.
2019 was good, on the other hand; they gain five religious: 267. The loss drops to 27%.
On January 1, 2021, 18 religious are lost, leaving 249. 32%.
On January 1, 2022, 9 have disappeared: 240. 35%.
On January 1, 2023, there is only one less: 239. 35%.
On January 1, 2024, 7 have disappeared: 232. 37%.
On January 1, 2025, 12 were lost compared to the previous year: 220. 40%.
Handmaids of the Sorrowful Virgin: Founded in Madrid in 1942. I do not find them in the Annuario. In 1991 there were 45. So we will not know what will become of them. Not appearing in the Annuario does not necessarily imply their disappearance. Simply that they are not of pontifical right but only diocesan. The reader mentioned so many times tells us that they have a website where we can find out what has become of them. (See comment).
Handmaids of Mary Immaculate: Founded in Valencia in 1883 by Juana María Condesa Lluch. There were 135 in 1975, and now (2013) 73 remain. They have lost 46%. They continue to decline alarmingly. As of January 1, 2014, there were only 69, four fewer than the previous year. And it is not the same to decrease by four when there are a thousand as when there are seventy. The loss is now 49%. It does not seem they have a solution; at the beginning of 2015, only 65 remained, 4 fewer than the previous year. The decrease is now 51%.
As of January 1, 2016, there were 66, one more than a year earlier. They remain at 51%.
On January 1, 2017, they had lost one religious and were back to 65. 51% loss.
On January 1, 2018, the 65 and 51% continue.
2018 was disastrous for them, as they lost 6 religious who, considering how many there are, are a great many. 59 remained on January 1, 2019. The decrease has risen to 57%.
On January 1, 2020, the 59 and 57% remained.
On January 1, 2021, there are only 55, four fewer than a year earlier. 60%.
On January 1, 2022, two more are lost: 53. 61%.
On January 1, 2023, another 2 disappear: 51. 63%.
On January 1, 2024, 6 leave them: 45. 67%.
On January 1, 2025, they gain 1: 46. 66%.
Handmaids of Merciful Love: Founded in Madrid by Josefa Alhama in 1930. In 1972 there were 378, and in 2013, 326. They have lost only 14%. It seems worse days are coming. As of January 1, 2014, there were already 312, fourteen fewer than the previous year. The loss is now at 18%.
A year later, there were still 312 and 18%.
2015 has not been good, as on January 1, 2016, there were 304, eight fewer than on the same date the previous year. The decrease is 20%.
On January 1, 2017, 299 remained, five fewer than a year earlier. The loss is now 21%.
The bad streak continues; on January 1, 2018, there were already 291, eight fewer than a year earlier. They lose 24%.
The same can be said of January 1, 2019, as they lose 6 religious, leaving 285. The decrease rises to 25%.
On January 1, 2020, they had gained one religious: 286. They remain at 25%.
On January 1, 2021, they had decreased to 273, thirteen fewer than a year earlier. 28%.
On January 1, 2022, 7 religious have been lost: 266. 30%.
On January 1, 2023, there are 3 fewer: 263. 34%.
On January 1, 2024, they lose 8 more: 255. 34%.
On January 1, 2025, 249 remained, 6 fewer than a year earlier. 34%.
Handmaids of the Divine Heart: Founded by Blessed Spínola and Celia Méndez in Coria in 1885. There were 629 in 1972, and in 2013 barely 315 remained. Thus, they have lost 50% of the institute along the way. So they continue to draw bad cards. As of January 1, 2014, there were 309, six fewer than the previous year. The loss is now 51%. And they continue to plummet; a year later, at the beginning of 2015, 297 remained, 12 religious lost in one year. And the decrease now reaches 53%.
The march toward the abyss continues; 288 on January 1, 2016, eleven fewer than the previous year. They are now at a 55% decrease.
On January 1, 2017, there were 281, seven fewer than a year earlier, and the decrease is 56%.
On January 1, 2018, they continue to plummet: 268, thirteen fewer than the previous year. They have already lost 58%.
Notable is the downward trend of this congregation. Eleven religious disappear in 2018, leaving 257 on January 1, 2019. They have lost 60% of the congregation.
2019 was also not good, in which they leave another seven religious behind. On January 1, 2020, 250. 61%.
On January 1, 2021, they had dropped to 233, 17 fewer than a year earlier. 63% loss.
On January 1, 2022, they lose 9 more religious: 224. 65%.
On January 1, 2023, 8 have disappeared: 216. 66%.
On January 1, 2024, they continue their path toward disappearance and leave 11 more religious on the path: 205. 68%.
On January 1, 2025, they lose another 5 religious: 200. 69%.
Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Founded by St. Rafaela María del Sagrado Corazón in Madrid in 1877. In 1973 there were 2,382; in 2013, only 1,106 remained. 54% of the congregation has been lost along the way. They were a congregation, the “Handmaids,” of notable weight in the Spanish Church in their educational field, but they are in days of very lean cows. As of January 1, 2014, barely 1,073 remained, thirty-three fewer than the previous year. Thus, the percentage of loss is now 55%. The disaster continues, as on January 1, 2015, they were approaching losing the 1,000 religious mark, as only 1,044 remained, 29 fewer than a year earlier. And they are now at a 57% loss.
On January 1, 2016, 1,014 remained. They have left 30 religious in the gatehouse in one year. It is not risky to think that today, a year and a half later, there will already be fewer than a thousand. They remain at 57%.
On January 1, 2017, there were indeed fewer than a thousand: 989, 25 fewer than a year earlier. The loss is now 59%.
On January 1, 2018, the debacle continues with the loss of forty-six religious; 943 remain; they have lost 61%.
On January 1, 2019, they are found with 36 fewer religious, 907. The loss is 62%.
The march toward the abyss does not stop. On January 1, 2020, there were ten fewer than the previous year: 897. 63%.
On January 1, 2021, they drop to 868, 29 fewer than a year earlier. The loss is 64%.
On January 1, 2022, they lose 46 more religious: 822. 66%.
On January 1, 2023, another 45 religious have disappeared: 777. 68%.
On January 1, 2024, 20 religious are lost: 757. 69%.
On January 1, 2025, 721 remained, 36 fewer than a year earlier. 70%.
Missionary Handmaids of Jesus:: Founded in Milagro, Navarra, by Quintín Huarte in 1963. In 1991 there were only 10. Will they continue to exist? A handmaid writes to us and tells us that today (2016) they still exist and there are about 70. So it seems, if true, that the congregation has been saved and is growing.