About Us
did you know....
We are pleased to share some Diocesan statistics that were most recently updated in March, 2007.
Fast Facts
Founded: 1974
Counties in the diocese: 21
Total priests: 258
Total diocesan priests: 155
Religious Order priests in the diocese: 74
Extern priests in the diocese: 30
Catholic Eastern Rite priests: 4
Religious: 160
- Brothers: 20
- Sisters: 140
Seminarians: 24
- In College: 2
- In Theology: 22
Total permanent deacons 58
Diocesan permanent deacons 44
Parishes: 68
-
With diocesan priests: 56
-
With external priest: 1
-
With religious order priests: 11
Eastern Catholic Rite parishes: 3
Missions: 6
Total diocesan schools: 39
-
Diocesan elementary schools: 36
-
Diocesan high schools: 3
Total private Catholic schools: 4
-
Private elementary schools: 1
-
Private high schools: 3
Baptisms and Professions of Faith (2005): 8,745
Marriages (2005): 1,430
Deaths (2005): 1,547
Registered Catholics in the Arlington Diocese: 413,360
Registered Catholics In the Richmond Diocese: 219,860
Total Catholics registered in Virginia: 633,220
Population Totals (Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, University of Virginia):
Total population in the Arlington Diocese boundaries: 2,646,698
Total population in the Richmond Diocese boundaries: 4,984,210
Total population in the State of Virginia: 7,630,908