Fact Sheet

Statistical Summary for the Diocese of Manchester

as of December 31, 2011

(Note: The territorial boundaries of the Diocese of Manchester
are the same as those of the state of New Hampshire.)

Bishop	1	Students of diocese in other seminaries	10
Auxiliary bishop	1	Religious seminaries or scholasticates, theologates & colleges	0
Retired bishops	3	Students, religious	0
Abbot	1	Total seminarians	10
Retired abbots	0	Colleges and universities	4
Priests, diocesan:		Total FT & PT students	4,267
active in diocese	83	High schools, diocesan & parish	3
working or studying outside diocese	7	Total students	1,420
in Foreign Missions	0	High schools, private	2
retired, sick or absent	77	Total students	877
Total number of diocesan priests	173	Elementary schools, diocesan & parish	20
Religious priests residing in diocese	53	Total students	3,681
Total priests in diocese	226	Elementary schools, private	4
Extern priests in diocese	36	Total students	885
Ordinations:		Religious education programs:
Diocesan priests	1	High school students	5,631
Religious priest	0	Elementary students	14,097
Transitional deacons	2	Total students under Catholic instruction	30,848
Permanent deacons	0	Full time academic teachers in diocese:
Permanent deacons in diocese	48	Priests	2
Total brothers	20	Brothers	1
Total sisters	422	Sisters	11
Parishes	90	Paid lay teachers	521
With resident pastor:		Rececptions into the Church:
under direction of diocesan clergy	80	Infant baptisms	2,260
under direction of religious priests	10	Minor baptisms (those between ages 7 and 17)	145
Without resident pastor - administered	0	Adult baptisms	168
Missions	13	Received into Full Communion	121
New parishes created	1	First Communion	3,113
Reduction of the number of parishes due to closing or consolidation	3	Confirmations	2,280
Catholic hospitals	2	Marriages:
Number of patients assisted	399,649	Catholic	348
Health care centers, ancillary care systems, medical centers, sanitoriums, hospices	7	Interfaith	131
Number assisted annually	1,232	Total marriages	479
Homes for the aged, chronically ill, or invalids	3	Deaths	2,670
Number assisted annually	99	Total Catholic population	282,745
Specialized homes for substance abuse, halfway houses, physically abused children or adults, AIDS/ARC, ex offenders, pregnant women, adjudicated deliquents, runaway youths	1	Total populatiion of diocese	1,316,470
Number assisted annually	25
Special centers for social services and assistance	13
Number assisted annually	96,479