Month by month pilgrim count?

[Teruel, Dr. Jose Romero (WDC)]

Alo Rosina
I believe in your personal judgement.
Thank you for your messages. They are always most welcome.
Jose

-----Original Message-----
From: lmorris
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 8:43 AM
To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
Subject: Re: Month by month pilgrim count?


Hi All,
        I wonder if there is any info on, starting from St Jean de Port to
Santiago, how many refugios there are and of those refugios how many
beds there would be.
Oh please, Oh please, I hope there is a bed for me.

kind regards
leonard

Leonie Galil wrote:
>
> Subj: 2000 pilgrims numbers.
> Date: 4/25/01 3:38:49 PM Central Daylight Time
> From: BlaroliaAOL.COM (Rosina Lila)
>
> Hi you all,
> The following are the statistical numbers provided by the Santiago
> Archdiocese regarding the year 2000:
>
> The total number of pilgrims who received the Compostela during 2000
> was 55,004, which was almost twice the number of pilgrims in the last
> non Holy Jacobean year, 1998, and more than ten times the number of
> pilgrims in 1990.
>
> 79% of the pilgrims walked, 20% bicycled and the remaining 1% went by
> horse, mule or wheelchair.
>
> 96% had religious motives for the pilgrimage (66% exclusively
> religious and 30% religious/cultural); 4% made the pilgrimage for
> cultural or educational reasons.
>
> 56% of the pilgrims completed the pilgrimage during July and August,
> but there were pilgrims every month with the lowest number in January
> (197).
>
> 62% of the pilgrims were between the ages of 20 and 50 years; 222 were
> younger than ten years of age; 7,006 were between 50 and 60 years old,
> 3,359 between 60 and 70, and 330 were over 70 years old.
>
> 68% of the pilgrims were from Spain, with others, in descending
> numbers, from France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland, England,
> Portugal, Austria and Switzerland.  There were 3,362 of us from
> America: 2,172 from Central and
> South America  and 1,490 from the U.S., Canada and Mexico (North
> America). 161 pilgrims were from Asia and 44 from Africa.  There were
> also 721 from Oceania which, I think includes Australia, and  793
> from  other countries.
>
> 28% of the pilgrims were students and the others were diversely
> occupied. Significantly, whereas in 1999 the number of teachers
> roughly equaled the number of housewives, in 2000 the teachers were
> three times the number of housewives.  3,951 pilgrims were in
> retirement, 487 were priests and 82 were nuns.  There were also 9
> "Oikoten" (which I do not know what it means and cannot find in the
> dictionary.....????)
>
> I don't remember what else some of you wanted to know. If there are
> specific items of interest to you please e-mail me directly.    ALSO,
> regarding our planned reunion-dinner in New York City for past
> pilgrims, please also e-mail me directly lest this list become a
> chat-room-group.
>
> On a last note, the Archdiocese has informed me that (I suppose owing
> to my many and repeated questions) they have added  me to  their list
> of those who receive  periodic mailed information from them.  When I
> get the mailings if I see something that in my view may be of general
> interest I shall post it. Unavoidably I will have to  use  my personal
> jjudgement, so please tell me what would interest you.
>
> Ah!, I almost forgot,:  62% of the pilgrims were male.
>
> Saludos cordiales, Rosina
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