Statistics / Demographics
DIOCESE OF BELLEVILLE
Established January 7, 1887

| DEMOGRAPHICS | |
| Square Miles - 11,678 Total Population 845,762 Parishes - 124 (76 with Resident Pastors) |
Counties
- 28 |
| MEN RELIGIOUS | |
| Diocesan Clergy - 133 (Including Retired Priests) Religious Order Clergy - 45 Clergy of other Dioceses - 6 |
Permanent Deacons - 23 Diocesan Seminarians - 4 Brothers - 9 |
| WOMEN RELIGIOUS | |
| Sisters - 224 | |
| INSTITUTIONS | |
| Elementary Schools - 31 (Students - 6,837 Grades P-8) Hospitals - 5 Retired Priests’ Home - 1 |
High Schools - 3 (Students - 1,361) Homes for Sr. Citizens - 3 |
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