The data below is for 2019 unless otherwise noted.
Personnel
Bishop: 1
Auxiliary Bishop: 0
Retired Bishop: 0
Priests Active in Diocese: 44
Priests Active Outside Diocese: 1
Priests Retired, Sick, Absent: 65
Number of Diocesan Priests: 107
Religious Priests in Diocese: 35
Extern Priests in Diocese: 13
Permanent Deacons in Diocese: 49
Total Brothers: 12
Total Sisters: 174
Professional Ministry Personnel
Sisters: 3
Lay Ministers: 39
Ordinations in 2020
Diocesan Priests: 1
Transitional Deacons: 0
Permanent Deacons: 0
Parishes
Total Parishes: 48 (Updated July 2021)
Education
Diocesan Students in other Seminaries : 10
Total Seminarians: 10
Colleges & Universities : 1
Total Students: 2,165
Diocesan High Schools : 1
Total Students: 144
Private High Schools: 1
Total Students: 360
Diocesan Elementary Schools : 9
Total Students: 1,408
Private Elementary Schools : 1
Total Students: 225
Teachers in Diocese
Priests:0
Sisters: 1
Lay Teachers: 182
Catechesis & Religious Education
High School Students: 382
Elementary Students: 2,838
Total Students Under Catholic Instruction: 7,532
Welfare
Catholic Hospitals: 2
Total Assisted: 532,785
Homes for the Aged : 3
Total Assisted: 1,331
Day-Care Centers: 2
Total Assisted: 299
Specialized Homes: 4
(For substance use disorders, halfway homes, physically abused children or adults, AIDS/ARC, ex-offenders, pregnant women, runaway youths)
Total Assisted: 641
Special Centers for Social Services and Assistance: 1
(Hotline centers, food distribution, homeless centers, counseling,etc.)
Total Assisted: 597
Residential Care of Those with Disabilities: 0
Total Assisted: 0
Other Institutions: 6
Total Assisted: 597
Vital Statistics
Infant Baptisms: 784
Minor Baptism (ages 7-17): 74
Adult Baptisms: 68
Received into Full Communion: 78
First Communions: 940
Confirmations: 1,000
Deaths: 2,353
Marriages: Catholic: 250, Interfaith: 91, Total: 341
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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