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Archdiocese Parish & Priest Statistics - January 2006

Parish Information
Priest Information
300 Parishes
    6 Missions

61 Parishes in 27 Clusters

239 Individual Parishes not Clustered

317 Priests assigned to parishes:

249 Pastors
                
53 Associate Pastors
          15 Adminstrators

Archdiocese Priests Statistics - January 2006

317 Total Diocesan, Religious & Extern Priests in Parishes
Assignment
Diocesan (262)
Religious
Order (41)
Extern (14)
TOTAL
Pastor
226
22
1
249
Associate
Pastor
27
18
8
53
Administrator
9
1
5
15
Average age of all priests in parishes is 56.3
Average Age
Diocesan (262)
Religious
Order (39)
Extern (14)
TOTAL
Between
20-29
 
 
 
0
30-39
20
4
4
28
40-49
56
6
4
66
50-59
81
7
3
91
60-69
72
8
2
82
70-79
30
9
1
40
80-89
3
4
 
7
90-99
 
1
 
1

169 Deacons - Total Number in Archdiocese (Avg Age of all Deacons 66.1)

  • 137 Active Deacons assigned to a Parish
    • 28 are paid staff in parishes
  • 24 Active Senior Status
  • 8 are inactive (on a leave of absence, inactive, or out of state)

Projected for 2016:
243 Active Diocesan, Religious & Extern Priests

(74 fewer than in 2006 based on the following assumptions)

  • 317 Diocesan, Religious Order and Extern Priests CURRENTLY
    • PLUS 55 Priests
  • 40 newly ordained (average of 4 per year)
  • 5 religious newly incardinated (average of 1 every 2 years)
  • 10 new externs (average of 1 per year)
    • LESS 129 Priests
  • 10 religious will leave (average of 1 per year)
  • 50 lost to death (average of 5 active priests per year - national trend)
  • 8 priests will be 80 to 99 and most likely be retired or deceased (Archdiocese of Detroit data)
  • 61 priests (50%) of those currently between the ages of 60 and 79 due to retirement or death (Archdiocese of Detroit data)


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