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PA Catholic Statistics

Source: The 2008 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: 8
  • Number of Abbots: 3
  • Priests Active Within Their Diocese: 1,577
  • Priests Active Outside of Their Diocese: 98
  • Diocesan Priests in Foreign Missions: 2
  • Retired, Sick or Absent priests: 547
  • Number of Diocesan Priests: 2,224
  • Religious Priests in Diocese: 815
  • Total Priests in Diocese: 3,039
  • Extern Priests in Diocese: 132
  • Ordinations of Diocesan Priests: 19
  • Ordinations of Religious Priests: 2
  • Ordinations of Transitional Deacons: 13
  • Ordinations of Permanent Deacons: 5
  • Permanent Deacons: 603
  • Brothers: 205
  • Sisters: 6,273

Parishes

  • Parishes:1,370
  • Parishes with Resident Pastor who is a Diocesan Priests: 1,157
  • Parishes with Resident Pastor who is a Religious Priest: 78
  • Parishes without a Resident Pastor Administered by Priests: 139
  • Parishes without a Resident Pastor Administered by Professed Religious Men: 1
  • Parishes without a Resident Pastor Administered by Deacons: 2
  • Missions: 123
  • Closed Parishes: 7
  • Pastoral Centers: 73
  • Professional Ministry Personnel – Brothers: 20
  • Professional Ministry Personnel – Sisters: 643
  • Professional Ministry Personnel – Laity: 580

Welfare

  • Catholic Hospitals: 20
  • Total Assisted: 3,143,884
  • Health Care Centers: 6
  • Total Assisted: 127,425
  • Homes for the Aged: 78
  • Total Assisted: 12,428
  • Residential Care of Children: 8
  • Total Assisted: 1,529
  • Day Care and Extended Day Care Centers: 25
  • Total Assisted: 2,066
  • Specialized Homes: 27
  • Total Assisted: 7,792
  • Special Centers for Social Services: 86
  • Total Assisted: 530,177
  • Residential Care of Disabled: 13
  • Total Assisted: 1,828
  • Other Institutions: 23
  • Total Assisted: 20,697

Education

  • Diocesan Seminaries: 5
  • Seminary Students at Seminaries in their Home Dioceses: 69
  • Seminary Students at Seminaries from Other Dioceses: 122
  • Diocesan Students in Other Seminaries: 86
  • Religious Seminaries: 3
  • Students in Religious Seminaries: 19
  • Total Seminarians: 174
  • Colleges and Universities: 27
  • Total Students: 88,524
  • Diocesan and Parish High Schools: 57
  • Total Students: 36,329
  • Private High Schools: 24
  • Total Students: 10,684
  • Diocesan and Parish Elementary Schools: 474
  • Total Students: 119,761
  • Private Elementary Schools: 25
  • Total Students: 6,225
  • Non-residential Schools for the Disabled: 11
  • Total Students: 568
  • Catechesis/Religious Education High School Students: 24,079
  • Catechesis/Religious Education Elementary School Students: 171,553
  • Total Students Under Catholic Instruction: 457,897
  • Priests Teaching in the Dioceses: 181
  • Brothers Teaching in the Dioceses: 48
  • Sisters Teaching in the Dioceses: 748
  • Lay Teachers in the Dioceses: 14,992

Vital Statistics

  • Infant Baptisms: 34,541
  • Minor Baptisms: 778
  • Adult Baptisms: 2,278
  • Received into Full Communion: 2,912
  • First Communions: 37,490
  • Confirmations: 39,218
  • Catholic Marriages: 8,257
  • Interfaith Marriages: 4,176
  • Total Marriages: 12,433
  • Deaths: 38,208
  • Total Catholic Population: 3,612,312
  • Total Population: 12,280,840

Percentage of the Population that is Catholic: 29

Popularity: 9% [?]