Diocese of Columbus
Statistical Overview 2011

• Diocese established - 1868
• Bishop - The Most Rev. Frederick F. Campbell, DD, PhD: ordained a Catholic priest May 31, 1980, ordained a bishop and installed as Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul-Minneapolis May 14, 1999, installed as 11th Bishop of Columbus January 13, 2005.
• Population - 264, 425
• Bishop - 1
• Bishop Emeritus - 1
• Diocesan Priests - active 114, total 159
• Religious priests - 27
• External priests assigned to the Diocese of Columbus - 17
• Diocesan inactive - 45 (retired, ill or absent from the Diocese)
• Permanent deacons - 96
• Transitional deacons - 2
• Brothers - 0
• Sisters - 238
• Parishes - 106
• Missions - 3
• High schools - 11
• Elementary schools - 42
• Kindergartens - 42
• Preschools - 28
• Catholic universities/colleges - 2