Diocese of Menevia - Statistics

	1 January 1998	31 December 2002	31 December 2007
Area of Diocese (square kilometres)	9,618	9,618	9,310
Total Population		786,563	802,184
Catholic Population	29,486	26, 867	27,561
Diocesan Priests	38	36	34
Number of Religious Priests	25	27	19
Non-priest men religious	9	7	9
Women religious	138	117	100
Parishes	61	60	57
Catholic Educational Institutions:
Kindergartens	13	13	13
Primary/elementary schools	18	18	18
Secondary schools	3	3	3
Catholic Charitable Institutions:
Homes for the old, chronically ill etc	1	1	1
Marriage Counselling Centres and other centres for protection of life and the family	1	3	1


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