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Church Structure:<\/strong> Bishops oversee specific geographical areas, known as dioceses, and their role is central to the Catholic Church’s structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Population vs. Clergy: The number of priests needed is influenced by the Catholic population in a given area and the number of available clergy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The distribution of priests is not uniform, resulting in substantial differences in the ratio across continents. Specifically, Europe and North America have more priests per capita than their Catholic populations. This results in a much lower ratio of priests to bishops compared to other continents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Africa and South America, despite having significant Catholic populations, have far fewer priests, resulting in a much higher ratio of priests to bishops. The ratio of priests to bishops varies, with a global average of approximately 76 priests per bishop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NORTH AMERICA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The structure of Eric Michel Ministries International is within the Archdiocese, which is part of the American Province of the three Marys: Mary, the mother of Jesus; Mary Magdalene; and Mary Salome. We have no church, only a chaplaincy that covers the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Bishop: The Metropolitan Archbishop, the Most Reverend Eric M. Gagnon, founder of Eric Michel Ministries International, New Life Catholic Chaplaincy Ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Bishop: The Right Reverend Emeritus Marie Arnold, Co-Founder of Eric Michel Ministries International<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOUTH AMERICA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Provincia Franciscana de Nuestra Madre Se\u00f1ora de las Altas Gracias<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brother Cesar Abdias Melgarejo Gargate withdrew because he wants to come to Canada to work for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFRICA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Africa is divided into four ecclesiastic provinces: Northern Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. In EMMI, a country is equivalent to a district, and each district contains numerous local churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Province of the Sacred Hearts, Mid-Africa, with the District of the Central African Republic, the District #10 Democratic Republic of Congo, the District of Gabon, the District of the Republic of Congo, the District of Tanzania and the District #12 Zambia. The conference will have five bishops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Bishop: Sylvestre Moussounda, not official<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Bishop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Bishop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth Bishop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifth Bishop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of Churches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of Clergies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mafuta Carnado, Seminarian and Pastoral Agent (Lay Minister), member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, Senior Assistant Chaplain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Province of St Mary, East Africa, with the District of Burundi, the District of Ethiopia, the District #7 Kenya, the District of Rwanda, the District of South Sudan and the District # 5 Uganda. The conference will have two bishops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Bishop: Julius Ochungo, monsignor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Bishop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of Churches<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diocese of Saint Peter, Right Reverend Julius Ochungo, not official<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of Clergies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right Reverend Julius Ochungo, Official<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Province of St. Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi, Southern Africa, with the District of Angola, the District of Botswana, the District #4, Malawi, the District #32, Mozambique, the District of Namibia, the District of Swaziland, the District # 30, South Africa and the District of Zimbabwe. The conference will have four bishops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Bishop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Bishop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Bishop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth Bishop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of Churches<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of Clergy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Province of Our Lady of Africa (Notre-Dame-D’Afrique) West Africa with the District of Burkina Faso, the District #37 Cameroon, the District of C\u00f4te d’Ivoire, the District of Guinea, the District of Guinea-Bissau, the District #34 Liberia, the District of Mali, the District of Niger, the District #11 Nigeria, the District of Senegal and the District of Sierra Leone. The conference will have four bishops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Bishop: Celestin T\u00e9l\u00e9, African Superintendant, member of the Third Order of Saint Benedict, Monsignor and Prior, Official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Bishop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Bishop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth Bishop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of Churches<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diocese<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parish Saint Michel Archange d\u2019Ebang Minala, not official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parish Fraternit\u00e9 des Missionnaires de J\u00e9sus le Bon Pasteur, Official<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of Clergy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father Michel Atangana, Official<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father Pierre Claver AYINA NGONO, not official<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a total of 15 Bishops, priests, deacons, and lay ministers in Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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