THE Church It plays an important role in Spain, particularly for the social work it carries out. However, their compensation has always been something the company has been interested in.
As highlighted by the ‘portantos’ portal, specialized in church financing, … Income comes from various sources: direct contributions, donations and inheritances or even from tax returns.
Church financing
The latter in the case where the taxpayer indicates it through the already known “xa favor de la Iglesia”. Thus, the profits are distributed thanks to the Interdiocesan Common Fund, which distributes the money jointly.
According to the Activity Report of the Catholic Church 2022, “a total of 8.7 million taxpayers mark the in favor of the Catholic Church in our country, approximately 800,000 more than in 2006. Thus, 358,793,580 euros were allocated to the Catholic Church.
This same report specifies that the institution is made up of 15,669 priests32,967 religious, 974 seminarians, 572 permanent deacons, 35,799 religion teachers, 83,435 catechists, 10,147 missionaries and 7,906 cloistered monks and nuns.
The accounts of the Catholic Church in Spain
In the case of priests, through their pastoral activity, they carry out activities such as the distribution of the sacraments, visiting the sick, spiritual, pastoral accompaniment or parish office.
According to the aforementioned report, In total, 194,695,471 euros are allocated to the remuneration of the clergy and 253,327,683 euros for the remuneration of lay personnel, both for the exercise of their ministerial work at the diocesan and parish level. Likewise, the report highlights that 244,091,726 are sent to dioceses for their maintenance and 24,610,064 to pay Social Security for the clergy.
How much does a priest earn in Spain
Sources consulted by ABC detail that the average salary of priests It’s around 1,000 euros per month in 14 paymentsalthough they clarify that there is no single figure for the Church since each diocese organizes how much and how to pay.
A statement from the diocese of Seville spoke in 2020 of a salary of around 900 euros per monthalthough it must be taken into account that the minimum wage has increased in Spain in recent years. In addition, according to the press release, that year the archbishop and auxiliary bishop received 1,258 euros.
Currently, this minimum salary in Spain is 1,134 euros gross divided into 14 payments, so the final result would be these 1,000 euros.
However, it must be taken into account that priests They don’t just charge for the order but for the work they do..
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