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The Catholic Church in Germany lost nearly 550,000 members in 2025 and only recorded 25 priestly ordinations nationwide.
The German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) has published preliminary figures for 2025 across all German dioceses, showing another year of a massive exodus from the Church.
Around 307,000 people left the Catholic Church, while 2,269 joined and 5,443 were readmitted. However, if one factors in the deaths, the Church shrank by 549,636 persons compared to the previous year. This represents a slight decrease from the previous year, when the Church lost around 575,000 members.
Most notably, only 25 priests were consecrated in all German dioceses, excluding religious orders, which are recorded separately.
The number of baptisms has declined once again, with 109,028 recorded in 2025 compared to 116,274 in 2024. The same applies to Catholic weddings, which numbered 19,478 (2024: 22,513). The numbers remained stable for First Communions at 152,357 (2024: 151,702) and for Confirmation, at 105,334 (2024: 105,041). The number of parishes fell from 9,291 to 8,997 due to structural reform prompted by fewer practicing believers.
Weekly church attendance was recorded at 6.8 percent, a very slight increase from the previous year (2024: 6.6 percent).
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