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Posted April 15, 2004
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Northeast | South | Midwest | West | |
Percent of parishes administered by a resident pastor | 92% | 87% | 82% | 86% |
Percent without a resident pastor | 8% | 13% | 18% | 14% |
Of those parishes without a resident pastor: |
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Administered by a non-resident pastor |
70% |
50% |
72% |
53% |
Entrusted to a deacon | 10% | 14% | 5% | 12% |
Entrusted to a religious brother | 2% | 6% | 2% | 2% |
Entrusted to a woman religious | 13% | 19% | 15% | 15% |
Entrusted to a lay person or community of persons | 5% | 11% | 6% | 18% |