DIOCESE PARISHES EDUCATION VOCATIONS PROTECTING CHILDREN OFFICES and AGENCIES GIVING
QUICK LINKS

Statistical Profile


Who We Are
Whom We Served Last Year


The diocese encompasses 27 counties in northern and western Missouri. 

 Total Population

   1,513,005

 Total Catholics

 133,305


 Ordained Ministers

Bishop 

               1

Bishop Emeritus

 1

Diocesan Priests

  98

Diocesan Priests in Active Ministry                

  68

Diocesan Priests in Retirement

  30

Religious Order Priests

  115

Permanent Deacons                                  

      64



Vowed Religious

 Men

 33

 Women                                                      219


Pastoral Ministers

Pastoral Administrators

               2

Parish Pastoral Ministers

 100



98 Parishes and Missions
Parishes                                                

         87

Missions

 11

Catholic Education

Catholic Early Childhood Centers                     

      7

Early Childhood Enrollment              

  556

Catholic Elementary Schools

  28

Elementary Enrollment (K-8)

       7,788

Catholic High Schools

 8

High School Enrollment

 3,488

Total Students

     11,832

Catholic Colleges and Universities

 2

College and University Enrollment      

 5,591

Catholic School Professional Staff

School Teachers      

 1,083

 Principals

 36

 ECC Directors

 7

 Superintendents

 2

 Central Office Staff                

 2

Priestly Vocations

Seminarians in Formation            

                  24

Seminaries in the Diocese

 1

Students Studying at Conception                 108
Dioceses Represented at
Conception Seminary College
                  19

Catholic Health Care

Catholic Hospitals

 3

Patients Assisted in Catholic Hospitals

 290,581

Residential Homes for the Elderly and Disabled

 11

Patients Assisted in Residential Homes                             

              2,335

Outreach To Neighbors In Need

Food                           

 $1,916,836

Clothing - Furniture

  297,188

Utilities

 725,415

Rent - Shelter

 481,971

Mortgage Aid

 9,987

 Medical Payments $62,277 
 Transportation   45,735

Numbers Alone Cannot Tell The Story

 People Assisted with Emergency Groceries or Meals

 91,569

 Meals Delivered to Homebound or Served to Senior Citizens

  4,985

 People Assisted with Clothing and Furniture

 40,970

 People Assisted with Utility Payments

 15,198

 People Assisted with Rent or Shelter

 3,289

 People Assisted with Medical Payments

 1,799

 People Assisted with Transportation

 5,664