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Statistics on the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania
Source: The 2006 Official Catholic Directory
Personnel
- Number of Cardinals: 1
- Number of Retired Cardinals: 1
- Number of Archbishops: 2
- Number of Retired Archbishops: 1
- Number of Residential Bishops: 7
- Number of Auxiliary Bishops: 7
- Number of Retired Bishops: 10
- Number of Abbots: 3
- Number of Retired Abbots: 1
- Priests Active Within Their Diocese: 1,685
- Priests Active Outside of Their Diocese: 106
- Diocesan Priests in Foreign Missions: 2
- Retired, Sick or Absent priests: 559
- Number of Diocesan Priests: 2,352
- Religious Priests in Diocese: 825
- Total Priests in Diocese: 3180
- Extern Priests in Diocese: 127
- Ordinations of Diocesan Priests: 15
- Ordinations of Religious Priests: 7
- Ordinations of Transitional Deacons: 10
- Ordinations of Permanent Deacons: 0
- Permanent Deacons: 548
- Brothers: 196
- Sisters: 6,803
Parishes
- Parishes:1,387
- Parishes with Resident Pastor who is a Diocesan Priests: 1,144
- Parishes with Resident Pastor who is a Religious Priest: 87
- Parishes without a Resident Pastor Administered by Priests: 159
- Parishes without a Resident Pastor Administered by Missions: 123
- Parishes without a Resident Pastor Administered by Deacons: 2
- Closed Parishes: 13
- New Parishes Created: 1
- Pastoral Centers: 74
- Professional Ministry Personnel - Brothers: 29
- Professional Ministry Personnel - Sisters: 745
- Professional Ministry Personnel - Laity: 664
Welfare
- Catholic Hospitals: 22
- Total Assisted: 3,329,350
- Health Care Centers: 5
- Total Assisted: 125,432
- Homes for the Aged: 81
- Total Assisted: 12,729
- Residential Care of Children: 9
- Total Assisted: 1,870
- Day Care and Extended Day Care Centers: 26
- Total Assisted: 2,201
- Specialized Homes: 27
- Total Assisted: 14,246
- Special Centers for Social Services: 88
- Total Assisted: 568,422
- Residential Care of Disabled: 11
- Total Assisted: 992
- Other Institutions: 18
- Total Assisted: 15,560
Education
- Diocesan Seminaries: 5
- Seminary Students at Seminaries in their Home Dioceses: 72
- Seminary Students at Seminaries from Other Dioceses: 117
- Diocesan Students in Other Seminaries: 86
- Religious Seminaries: 3
- Students in Religious Seminaries: 24
- Total Seminarians: 182
- Colleges and Universities: 27
- Total Students: 85,097
- Diocesan and Parish High Schools: 63
- Total Students: 38,141
- Private High Schools: 24
- Total Students: 10,646
- Diocesan and Parish Elementary Schools: 479
- Total Students: 132,064
- Private Elementary Schools: 25
- Total Students: 6,000
- Non-residential Schools for the Disabled: 11
- Total Students: 595
- Catechesis/Religious Education High School Students: 39,550
- Catechesis/Religious Education Elementary School Students: 189,995
- Total Students Under Catholic Instruction: 502,270
- Priests Teaching in the Dioceses: 168
- Brothers Teaching in the Dioceses: 91
- Sisters Teaching in the Dioceses: 872
- Lay Teachers in the Dioceses: 15,114
- Scholastics Teaching in the Dioceses: 0
Vital Statistics
- Infant Baptisms: 37,308
- Adult Baptisms: 2,982
- Received into Full Communion: 2,460
- First Communions: 39,128
- Confirmations: 43,075
- Catholic Marriages: 9,250
- Interfaith Marriages: 4,579
- Total Marriages: 13,829
- Deaths: 39,841
- Total Catholic Population: 3,734,613
- Total Population: 12,271,636
- Percentage of the Population that is Catholic: 30
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