Professional Ministry Personnel

Sisters: 5
Lay Ministers: 42

Ordinations in 2011 (through June)

Diocesan Priests: 1
Transitional Deacons: 1
Permanent Deacons: 1

Parishes

Total Parishes: 57 (July 2011)

Education

Diocesan Students in other Seminaries : 8

Total Seminarians: 8

Colleges & Universities : 1

Total Students: 3,972

Diocesan High Schools : 1

Total Students: 275

Private High Schools: 2

Total Students: 733

Diocesan Elementary Schools : 11 (July 2011)

Total Students: 2,782

Private Elementary Schools : 1

Total Students: 177

Teachers in Diocese

Priests: 4
Brothers: 1
Sisters: 6
Lay Teachers: 282

Catechesis & Religious Education

High School Students: 1,031
Elementary Students: 6,421
Total Students Under Catholic Instruction: 13,818

Welfare

Catholic Hospitals: 3
Total Assisted: 554,936
Health Care Centers: 0
Total Assisted: 0

Homes for the Aged : 4

Total Assisted: 1026

Day Care Centers: 2

Total Assisted: 230

Special Centers for Social Services and Assistance: 2
(Hotline centers, food distribution, homeless centers, counseling,etc.)

Total Assisted: 475

Other Institutions: 2

Total Assisted: 4,330

Vital Statistics

Infant Baptisms: 1,443
Minor Baptism (ages 7-17): 122
Adult Baptisms: 117
Received into Full Communion: 122
First Communions: 2,394
Confirmations: 2,032
Deaths: 2,532
Marriages: Catholic: 372, Interfaith: 206, Total: 578

Total Catholic Population in Maine: 187,306
Total Population: 1,316,456 (estimated)

Did you know...
There are 67.3 million Catholics in the United States (23% of the U.S. population), and 1.07 billion Catholics in the world (17% of the population).