Statistics of the 20 Benedictine Monasteries in the Congregation

Status    /    Year**
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Bishops
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
Priests
657
642
624
609
592
575
556
Deacons
10
10
10
12
9
9
8
Brothers
246
244
239
243
249
244
234
Juniors
64
60
55
43
48
49
41
Novices
26
24
18
30
26
15
19
Claustral Oblates
7
7
7
6
4
4
5
Total
1,015
992
958
948
933
901
868

* At the 48th General Chapter, 13-18 June 2004, Mount Saviour Monastery, Pine City, NY, was admitted to the Congregation. In 2005 Holy Cross Abbey and Saint Augustine Monastery were suppressed.
On 1 October 2006, Holy Trinity Monastery, Butler, PA, was erected as a sui juris monastery in the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh outside the Congregation.
** Published statistics in the annual Ordo reflect data reported by August of the previous year.

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