Statistics from annual diocesan report

The annual Cleveland Diocese “Report to the Communmity” for 2010 will be a two-sided single page in this weekend’s bulletin. Below are some of the statistics from that report along with figures from the previous year’s report which was four pages published in the Universe Bulletin.

In the list below, the first number is for 2010 and the figure for 2009 is at the end.

Report to the Community 2010 Statistics:

Size: 20th largest Diocese in the United States. (No change) Founded: April 23, 1847
Area: 3,414 square miles. Includes eight counties: Cuyahoga (Cleveland), Summit (Akron), Lorain (Lorain-Elyria) Lake (Painesville), Geauga (Chardon), Medina (Medina), Wayne (Wooster), and Ashland (Ashland)
Cathedral: Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Established in 1848

Schools
124 Catholic Schools 131
102 Elementary Schools 109
22 Secondary Schools 22
47,479 Enrollments in Catholic Schools
47,397 Enrollments in PSR Programs 50,681

Religious
260 Active Diocesan Priests 261
131 Retired Priests 103
99 Religious Order Priests 99
57 Brothers 52
1,035 Women Religious 1070
215 Permanent Deacons 212

Sacramental Servces
710,351 Catholic Population in the Diocese 744,000
174 Parishes 201
6,266 Infant/Child Baptisms 7,009
8,628 First Communions 9,139
1,003 Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults 1,072
7,801 Confirmations 9,045
2,299 Marriages 2,592
6,947 Deaths 7,955
328,973 Individuals Served by Catholic Charities Health and Human Services 326,414
58,771 Nights of Shelter Provided 48,702
2,970 People Treated for Chemical Dependency 4,143
3,101,328 Meals Served through Catholic Hunger and Shelter Network 2,829,781
2,518 Unemployed Persons Trained 1,626
27,486 Children Participating in CYO Athletics 32,072
424 Children Placed in Adoption 485
458 Children with Disabilities in Day Camp 604

This year’s report did not have breakdowns on pre-school size or enrollment of pre-K, K-8 and high school students. There also was none for PSR students. Percentage of Catholics served in the 8-county diocese was not shown. It was 27 percent in the previous year.

The report notes there are 174 Catholic parishes in the eight-county diocese. An earlier report on the blog show the number of parishes has been reduced from 201 to 174 through reconfiguration. The ratio of parishes to parishioners is now:
One parish for every 2,500 Catholics in Cleveland
One parish for every 3,500 Catholics in Lorain/Elyria
One parish for every 3,600 Catholics in Akron
One parish for every 4,800 Catholics in the suburbs

Offertory collections
Collections for the fiscal years ended June 30 totaled:
2010 $105.8 million
2009 109.6
2008 111.2
2007 109.0
2006 106.1
2005 104.7
2004 104.3
2003 103.3
2002 106.0
2001 103.3
2000 100.1

In 2010, despite the economic challenges, parish offertory declined just 3.5% from 2009

The financial statement is in your bulletin insert, but not included here. Copies of the complete audited financial statements are available at the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland website home page: Finances, or at www.DioceseofCleveland.org/finance