According to the information we have, in the decade 1980-1989 115 missionaries died a violent death. However the number is certainly higher since it refers only to cases reported and confirmed.
In the period 1990-2000, according to our information, a total number of 604 missionaries were killed. The number is considerably higher than in the previous decade due to the following factors: the Rwandan genocide (1994) in which at least 248 members of church personnel were killed;, improved communications and quicker information from even remote parts of the world; the number includes besides missionaries ad gentes in the strict sense, pastoral workers who despite serious risk remained at their post to care for the people entrusted to them.
|
YEAR
|
TOTAL
|
B
|
P
|
D
|
B
|
SIS
|
S
|
IVC
|
C
|
L
|
V
|
|
|
1990
|
17
|
|
10
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1991
|
19
|
1
|
14
|
|
1
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1992
|
21
|
|
6
|
|
2
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1993
|
21
|
1C+1
|
13
|
|
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
1994
|
26
|
|
20
|
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1994*
|
248
|
3
|
103
|
|
47
|
65
|
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
1995
|
33
|
|
18
|
1
|
3
|
9
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
1996
|
48
|
3
|
19
|
|
8
|
13
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1(ct)
|
|
|
|
1997
|
68
|
1
|
19
|
|
1
|
7
|
40
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1998
|
40
|
1
|
13
|
|
5
|
17
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1999
|
32
|
|
17
|
|
|
9
|
4
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
2000
|
31
|
|
19
|
|
|
7
|
3
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
2001
|
33
|
|
25
|
|
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
2002
|
25
|
1
|
18
|
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003
|
29
|
1
|
20
|
|
1
|
|
3
|
|
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
2004
|
16
|
|
12
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
2005
|
25
|
1
|
18
|
|
2
|
3
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
2006
|
24
|
|
17
|
|
1
|
3
|
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
2007
|
21
|
|
15
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
20
|
1
|
16
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2009
|
37
|
|
30
|
|
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
3
|
|
* = refers to Rwandan genocide.
B: bishop; P: priest; D: deacon; B: Brother; SIS: women religious; S: seminarian; IVC: member of Institute of consecrated life; C: catechist; L: lay person; V: volunteer; ct: catechumen.
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