Optional Celibacy Survey Results

Survey results by diocese of priests responding to the question:
Do you favor an open discussion of the mandatory celibacy rule for diocesan priests? (for more detailed results and available comments from priests click on each diocese).

Diocese	Priests Responding	Yes	No	Unsure
Albany	69 of 243 [28%]	62%	35%	3%
Baltimore	93 of 238 [39%]	65%	32%	3%
Belleville	55 of 159 [35%]	71%	25%	4%
Boston	321 of 1524 [21%]	66%	28%	5%
Buffalo	162 of 550 [29%]	66%	23%	11%
Cincinnati	174 of 542 [32%]	67%	29%	4%
Cleveland	114 of 500 [23%]	64%	32%	4%
Columbus	83 of 238 [35%]	60%	36%	4%
Covington	34 of 93 [37%]	53%	47%	0%
Detroit	160 of 768 [21%]	70%	24%	2%
Denver	78 of 292 [27%]	58%	37%	5%
Dubuque	101 of 222 [45%]	56%	40%	4%
El Paso	29 of 104 [28%]	72%	17%	10%
Fall River	78 of 237 [34%]	65%	26%	8%
Fort Wayne-South Bend	28 of 109 [26%]	36%	64%	0%
Fort Worth	40 of 109 [36%]	60%	30%	10%
Fresno	34 of 114 [30%]	56%	41%	3%
Gallup	15 of 85 [18%]	60%	40%	0%
Gaylord	15 of 78 [19%]	67%	27%	7%
Grand Rapids	30 of 135 [22%]	61%	35%	0%
Green Bay	106 of 329 [32%]	77%	21%	2%
Harrisburg	19 of 91 [21%]	32%	63%	5%
Indianapolis	51 of 166 [31%]	84%	16%	0%
Kalamazoo	16 of 69 [23%]	38%	50%	13%
LaCrosse	93 of 223 [42%]	55%	42%	3%
Lansing	49 of 185 [26%]	68%	26%	4%
Las Cruces	24 of 75 [32%]	76%	12%	8%
Las Vegas	23 of 77 [30%]	87%	13%	0%
Los Angeles	121 of 965 [13%]	70%	23%	4%
Madison	81 of 162 [50%]	62%	30%	7%
Marquette	13 of 101 [13%]	50%	31%	0%
Monterey	42 of 134 [31%]	57%	40%	2%
Oakland	126 of 301 [42%]	84%	13%	2%
Oklahoma City	46 of 121 [38%]	57%	39%	4%
Orange	40 of 164 [24%]	68%	25%	8%
Paterson, NJ	77 of 299 [26%]	74%	23%	3%
Philadelphia	128 of 900 [14%]	47%	50%	3%
Phoenix	100 of 304 [33%]	77%	19%	4%
Providence	123 of 400 [31%]	51%	46%	2%
Pueblo	26 of 84 [31%]	69%	23%	8%
Raleigh	44 of 155 [ 29%]	79%	16%	5%
Rochester	102 of 294 [35%]	69%	22%	10%
Sacramento	66 of 215 [31%]	73%	24%	3%
Saginaw	29 of 120 [24%]	77%	16%	0%
San Bernardino	62 of 258 [24%]	75%	17%	6%
San Diego	71 of 329 [22%]	73%	24%	3%
San Francisco	104 of 319 [33%]	68%	26%	6%
San Jose	66 of 184 [36%]	70%	23%	8%
Santa Fe	75 of 203 [37%]	68%	31%	1%
Seattle	68 of 290 [23%]	79%	16%	4%
Steubenville	30 of 57 [53%]	57%	40%	3%
Stockton	23 of 72 [32%]	48%	48%	4%
Superior	50 of 89 [56%]	67%	33%	2%
Syracuse	132 of 312 [42%]	73%	20%	6%
Toledo	78 of 210 [37%]	77%	22%	1%
Tucson	64 of 193 [33%]	70%	27%	3%
Venice	51 of 164 [31%]	73%	18%	10%

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