Statistics of the 20 Benedictine Monasteries in the Congregation

Status    /    Year**
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Bishops
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Priests
642
624
609
592
575
556
522
498
Deacons
10
10
12
9
9
8
9
11
Brothers
244
239
243
249
244
234
225
218
Juniors
60
55
43
48
49
41
41
53
Novices
24
18
30
26
15
19
31
27
Claustral Oblates
7
7
7
6
4
4
3
3
Total
992
958
948
933
901
868
836
815

* 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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