Why doesn’t the Bishop recruit and/or accept priests from countries that have a surplus of priests in order to maintain our current parishes and Mass schedules?
Various countries are mentioned as having more priests that they need. Without trying to determine what it means to have a surplus of priests, it is clear that the United States in general and the Diocese of Rochester in particular are far from having the greatest number of Catholics per priest. The Diocesan average of approximately 1400 Catholics per priest is at the U. S. average and well below the averages in Africa (5,000), Central America including Mexico (7,000) and South American (7,000.) (These averages are based on all priests both retired and active.) Arguably, then, if there were national or regional churches that have “too many priests” for their pastoral needs, these priests should more logically move to these areas of greatest need. However, both the Bishops of the United States and the Holy See have issued recent documents about the use of priests from other countries, especially mission countries. In early 2003, the U.S.C.C.B. Committee on Migration revised its Guidelin
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