North Dakota Catholic Conference

The Catholic Church in North Dakota

Dioceses: Two (Bismarck and Fargo)

Catholics: Total: 149,316 (23.5% of total population)

Schools: 27 (4 high schools, 23 elementary schools)
Students: 5446

Higher Educational Institutions: 2
Students: 3322

Hospitals: 13
Long-Term Care Facilities: 15
Other Health Care Facilities: 1
Patients served in 2005: 386,195

Other Service Institutions: 7

Diocesan Newspapers circulation: 52,163

Parishes: 199

Priests: 251
Permanent Deacons: 114
Women Religious: 282
Brothers: 21



(Sources: 2006 Official Catholic Directory; dioceses and the institutions)