About Us
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Find out more about the Diocese of Arlington in the most recent Annual Report.
Fast Facts
Founded: 1974
Counties in the diocese: 21
Total priests: 252
Total diocesan priests: 163
Religious Order priests in the diocese: 62
Extern priests in the diocese: 27
Catholic Eastern Rite priests: 4
Religious: 146
- Brothers: 11
- Sisters: 135
Seminarians: 35
- In College: 3
- In Theology: 32
Total permanent deacons: 51
Diocesan permanent deacons: 38
Parishes: 68
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With diocesan priests: 58
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With religious order priests: 10
Eastern Catholic Rite parishes: 3
Missions: 6
Total diocesan schools: 41
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Diocesan elementary schools: 37
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Diocesan high schools: 4
Total private Catholic schools: 3
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Private elementary schools: 1
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Private high schools: 2
Baptisms and Professions of Faith: 9,366
Marriages: 1,444
Deaths: 1,630
Registered Catholics in the Arlington Diocese:
431,386
Registered Catholics In the Richmond Diocese:
232,456
Total Catholics registered in Virginia:
663,842
Population Totals
Total population in the Arlington Diocese boundaries: 2,826,999
Total population in the Richmond Diocese boundaries: 4,942,090
Total population in the State of Virginia: 7.76 million
