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Archdiocesan Statistics

                            

Vital Statistics

           2018
                            
Personnel Baptisms
Archbishop 1 Infant baptisms      5,641
Retired Archbishops      0 Minor baptisms       983
Auxiliary Bishops       1 Adult baptisms    265
Retired Bishops       0 Received into Full Communion                         227
Priests: Diocesan Active in Diocese           103           
Religious Priests in Diocese     160 First Communions      7,214
                                        Confirmations       5,304
Ordinations           
Diocesan Priests       3                        

       Marriages
                  Catholic 1,378
Permanent Deacons in Diocese       341
 Interfaith       42
Total Brothers       85 Total Marriages 1,420
Total Sisters       656 Deaths                                      3,559
                                    Total Catholic Population       796,954
Parishes                          
Parishes 139 Total Population 2,656,513
With Resident Pastor:     
Resident Diocesan Priests       75
Resident Religious Priests       53
Without Resident Priests:
Administered by Priests       11
Completely Vacant 1
                                 
Welfare
Catholic Hospitals       5
Total Assisted       875,736
Health Care Centers       3
Homes for the Aged     8
Total Assisted       1,574
Orphanages and Other Welfare Centers         3
Total Assisted      1,990
Nurseries              16
Total Assisted 1,700
Residential Care of the Disabled 1
Total Assisted 1,500
Other Institutions 1
Total Assisted 80
Educational
Seminaries, Diocesan and College       1
Students from This Diocese       27
Students from Other Dioceses      49
Total Seminarians       27
Colleges and Universities     5
Total Students     17,745
High Schools, Diocesan and Parish    3
Total Students     1,011
High Schools, Private      6
Total Students                                1,925
Elementary Schools, Diocesan and Parish 26
Total Students 6,774
Elementary Schools, Private 4
Total Students           1,149
Catechesis/Religious Education:              
High School Students               3,653
Elementary Students                    10,319
Total Students under Catholic Instruction               42,403
Teachers in the Diocese:                                
Priests                          4
Brothers                11
Sisters                18
Lay Teachers           1,079