About Us
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Fast Facts
Founded: 1974
Counties in the diocese: 21
Total priests: 256
Total diocesan priests: 164
Religious Order priests in the diocese: 53
Extern priests in the diocese: 34
Catholic Eastern Rite priests: 5
Religious: 148
- Brothers: 10
- Sisters: 138
Seminarians: 37
- In College: 4
- In Theology: 33
Total permanent deacons: 77
Diocesan permanent deacons: 60
Parishes: 68
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With diocesan priests: 58
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With religious order priests: 10
Eastern Catholic Rite parishes: 3
Missions: 6
Total diocesan schools: 41
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Diocesan elementary schools: 37
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Diocesan high schools: 4
Total private Catholic schools: 3
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Private elementary schools: 1
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Private high schools: 2
Baptisms and Professions of Faith: 8,923
Marriages: 1,551
Deaths: 1,669
Registered Catholics in the Arlington Diocese:
453,916
Registered Catholics In the Richmond Diocese:
231,859
Total Catholics registered in Virginia:
689,732
Population Totals
Total population in the Arlington Diocese boundaries: 2,968,486
Total population in the Richmond Diocese boundaries: 4,982,668
Total population in the State of Virginia: 7,916,144
