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Northeast

Region and diocese Year % difference
1966-2005
1966 1985 2005
New England        
  Burlington VT 181 131 68 -62
  Fall River MA 236 174 101 -57
  Hartford CT 564 450 245 -57
  Boston MA 1,330 961 569 -57
  Portland ME 250 178 124 -50
  Worcester MA 308 279 190 -38
  Norwich CT 138 121 101 -27
         
Middle Atlantic        
  Brooklyn NY 1,039 701 428 -59
  Albany NY 463 306 196 -58
  Rochester NY 396 259 166 -58
  New York NY 1,221 831 560 -54
  Buffalo NY 629 497 318 -49
  Philadelphia PA 1,042 815 90 -43
  Newark NJ 876 710 528 -40
  Scranton PA 467 372 285 -39
  Camden NJ 356 345 222 -38
  Ogdensburg NY 187 166 122 -35
  Pittsburg PA 566 537 432 -24
  Altoona-Johnstown PA 159 165 123 -23
  Rockville Centre NY 449 418 358 -20
  Allentown PA 286 258 238 -17

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Priest Shortage Statistics

If your diocese is not listed, e-mail us and we will give you the most recent statistics from the Official Catholic Directory.

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Sources: census counts for 1966 and 1985, and moderate projection series for 2005.

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