The data below is for 2015 unless otherwise noted.
Personnel
Bishop: 1
Auxiliary Bishop: 0
Retired Bishop: 1
Priests Active in Diocese: 57
Priests Active Outside Diocese: 1
Priests Retired, Sick, Absent: 71
Number of Diocesan Priests: 128
Religious Priests in Diocese: 33
Extern Priests in Diocese: 8
Permanent Deacons in Diocese: 40
Total Brothers: 16
Total Sisters: 226
Professional Ministry Personnel
Sisters: 3
Lay Ministers: 39
Ordinations in 2016
Diocesan Priests: 1
Transitional Deacons: 0
Permanent Deacons: 0
Parishes
Total Parishes: 54 (July 2019)
Education
Diocesan Students in other Seminaries : 7
Total Seminarians: 7
Colleges & Universities : 1
Total Students: 3,077
Diocesan High Schools : 1
Total Students: 197
Private High Schools: 1 (July 2016)
Total Students: 470
Diocesan Elementary Schools : 10
Total Students: 1,911
Private Elementary Schools : 1
Total Students: 220
Teachers in Diocese
Priests: 2
Sisters: 1
Lay Teachers: 258
Catechesis & Religious Education
High School Students: 650
Elementary Students: 4,239
Total Students Under Catholic Instruction: 10,914
Welfare
Catholic Hospitals: 3
Total Assisted: 915,242
Homes for the Aged : 5
Total Assisted: 1,804
Day-Care Centers: 2
Total Assisted: 222
Special Centers for Social Services and Assistance: 3
(Hotline centers, food distribution, homeless centers, counseling,etc.)
Total Assisted: 1,417
Residential Care of Those with Disabilities: 7
Total Assisted: 629
Other Institutions: 4
Total Assisted: 1,984
Vital Statistics
Infant Baptisms: 1,074
Minor Baptism (ages 7-17): 86
Adult Baptisms: 87
Received into Full Communion: 107
First Communions: 1,439
Confirmations: 1,518
Deaths: 2,564
Marriages: Catholic: 290, Interfaith: 172, Total: 462
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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