The data below is for 2021 unless otherwise noted.
Personnel
Bishop: 1
Auxiliary Bishop: 0
Retired Bishop: 1
Priests Active in Diocese: 39
Priests Retired, Sick, Absent: 67
Number of Diocesan Priests: 106
Religious Priests in Diocese: 34
Extern Priests in Diocese: 13
Total priests in Diocese: 140
Permanent Deacons in Diocese: 49
Total Brothers: 9
Total Sisters: 154
Professional Ministry Personnel
Sisters: 11
Lay Ministers: 44
Ordinations in 2021
Diocesan Priests: 0
Transitional Deacons: 0
Permanent Deacons: 0
Parishes
Total Parishes: 48
Education
Diocesan Students in other Seminaries : 8
Total Seminarians: 8
Colleges & Universities : 1
Total Students: 1,985
Diocesan High Schools : 1
Total Students: 148
Private High Schools: 1
Total Students: 364
Diocesan Elementary Schools : 7
Total Students: 1,439
Private Elementary Schools : 1
Total Students: 225
Teachers in Diocese
Priests:0
Sisters: 2
Lay Teachers: 240
Catechesis & Religious Education
High School Students: 316
Elementary Students: 1,997
Total Students Under Catholic Instruction: 6,482
Welfare
Catholic Hospitals: 2
Total Assisted: 540,228
Homes for the Aged : 9
Total Assisted: 2,016
Day Care Centers: 2
Total Assisted: 371
Specialized Homes: 5
(For substance use disorders, halfway homes, physically abused children or adults, AIDS/ARC, ex-offenders, pregnant women, runaway youths)
Total Assisted: 671
Special Centers for Social Services and Assistance: 1
(Hotline centers, food distribution, homeless centers, counseling,etc.)
Total Assisted: 101,857
Vital Statistics
Infant Baptisms: 538
Minor Baptism (ages 7-17): 50
Adult Baptisms: 41
Received into Full Communion: 42
First Communions: 563
Confirmations: 581
Deaths: 2,100
Marriages: Catholic: 130, Interfaith: 53, Total: 183
Did you know...
There are 279,159 self-identifying Catholics in Maine (www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/maine/).
There are 68.2 million Catholics in the United States (22% of the U.S. population), and 1.07 billion Catholics in the world (17% of the population).
In the United States alone, there are 195 archdioceses / dioceses.
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