At the end of last year, there were 678 Catholic churches in Taiwan, serving some 277,000 believers, and manned by some 700 priests, 108 laymen and l, 100 lay women.
教徒人數由台灣剛光復時的八千人，增加到近三十萬人。教會方面，也由十二位神父，沒有修士、沒有修女的狀況，進展到七百多位神父、一百零八位修士、一千一百多位修女。