A recent consultation report shows that there are 23,000 U.S.-born Hispanic Catholics for every U.S.-born Hispanic priest, and that 55 percent of Catholics younger than 14 are Hispanic.

ENAVE — the National Team of Accompaniment that oversees the V Encuentro process — gathered statistical data from the dioceses that are participating in the grassroots consultations, which unite Hispanic Catholics throughout the United States.

With a 100 percent response rate, a diocesan survey of Hispanic ministry and Hispanics in ministry has been coupled with a research team's analysis of other surveys and Census data. The following are the top 10 highlights, according to ENAVE: