Twenty Catholic missionaries were killed in 2023, the Fides news service reports.
In an annual accounting of the Catholics who died while working for the faith, Fides lists one bishop, eight priests, one seminarian, one religious novice, and nine lay people.
Nine missionaries were killed in Africa, including four in Nigeria. Six were killed in North America, including two—Bishop David O’Connell and Father Stephen Gutgsell—in the US.