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    The number of Catholic seminarians rose 4 percent this academic year, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.

    Forty-six seminaries showed 3.474 seminarians, compared with 3,355 for 1998-99. The highest level of US seminary enrollment was in 1967-68 with 8,159.

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