U.S. CATHOLIC STATISTICS

U.S. STATISTICAL SUMMARY

Catholic Population: 62,018,436; increase, 454,667.
Percent of total population: 22.7%

Jurisdictions: 34 archdioceses (includes 33 metropolitan sees and the Military Archdiocese), 157 dioceses (includes St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and the eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark for Syrians of the U.S. and Canada), 1 apostolic exarchate (New York-based Armenian exarchate for U.S. and Canada).

Vacant jurisdictions (as of August 10, 1999),:.

Cardinals: 12 (9 head archiepiscopal sees in U.S. and Puerto Rico; 3 are Roman Curia officials). As of July 10, 1999.

Archbishops: 48. Diocesan, in U.S., 33 (includes 9 cardinals and military archbishop); retired, 20: outside U.S., 9. As of July 10, 1999.

Bishops: 410. Diocesan, in U.S. (and Virgin Islands), 188; auxiliaries, 91; retired, 10: serving outside U.S., 25. As of July 10, 1999.

Priests: 47,199; decrease, 364. Diocesan, 3l,370 (decrease, 287); religious order priests (does not include those assigned overseas), 15,829 (decrease, 96). There were 478 newly ordained priests, a decrease of 31.

Permanent Deacons: 12,675; increase, 428.

Brothers: 5,970; decrease, 145.

Sisters: 85,034; decrease, 1,378.

Seminarians: 4,826. Diocesan seminarians, 3,302; religious order seminarians, 1,524.

Receptions into Church: 1,184,828. Includes 1,040,837 infant baptisms; 73,426 adult baptisms and 88,161 already baptized persons received into full communion with the Church.

First Communions: 878,431.

Confirmations: 626,570.

Marriages: 273,700.

Deaths: 469,483.

Parishes: 19,584.

Seminaries, Diocesan: 74.

Religious Seminaries: 118.

Colleges and Universities: 238. Students, 698,855

High Schools: 1,358. Students, 653,701.

Elementary Schools: 6,745. Students 1,963,587.

Non-Residential Schools for Handicapped: 84. Students, 18,030. Teachers: 167,687 (priests, 1,998; brothers, 1,149; scholastics, 51; sisters, 9,549; laity, 154,940).

Public School students in Religious Instruction Programs: 4,448,509. High school students, 808,017; elementary school students, 3,675,492.

Hospitals: 586; patients treated, 72,010,150.

Health Care Centers: 529; patients treated, 5,198,665.

Specialized Homes: 1,375; patients assisted, 538,996.

Residential Care of Children (Orphanages): 150; total assisted, 84,662.

Day Care and Extended Day Care Centers: 1,378; total assisted, 133,928.

Special Centers for Social Services: 2,260; assisted annually, 19,536,360.

excerpts taken from 2003 Catholic Almanac