According to the 2012 Pontifical Yearbook, the total number of candidates for the priesthood in the world was 118,990 at the end of the year 2010.
Aparecida Belém do Pará Belo Horizonte Brasília Campinas Cascavel Curitiba Fortaleza Goiânia Guarulhos Mariana Natal Niteroi Nova Friburgo Olinda e Recife Porto Alegre São Paulo São Salvador da Bahia São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Vitória Alberta British Columbia Ontario Quebec Closed: Colombia has 50 major seminaries.
Acapulco Antequera, Oaxaca Chihuahua Durango Guadalajara Hermosillo Jalapa México Monterrey Morelia Puebla de los Angeles San Luis Potosí Tlalnepantla Yucatán According to the 2010 Official Catholic Directory, as of 2009 there are 189 seminaries with 5,131 students in the United States; 3,319 diocesan seminarians and 1,812 religious seminarians.
California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Illinois Indiana Iowa Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Washington Wisconsin New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory Queensland South Australia Victoria and Tasmania Western Australia Dhaka Hong Kong Macau At the end of the year 2011, there are 7 major seminaries in Korea; and the number of seminarians in these seven seminaries is 1,587 – from diocesan 1,317, religious & missionary 270.
Benevento Catania Florence Genoa Lecce Messina Milan Naples Pisa Rome Salerno-Campagna-Acerno Taranto Torino Venice Many serve as residences for courses that take place elsewhere: Closed: Spain has 77 seminaries.