Priest Statistics

Diocesan Priests Date 1974 to 2001

Year	1974	1979	1983	1987	1992	1999	2001
Total Priests	400	401	377	368	340	288	281
Under age 45	203	171	134	106	69	27	25*
45-69	161	192	190	206	217	171	164
70+	36	39	53	58	54	29	24
Retired							68

*note that there are 10 priests under age 40 and, of them, 2 priests are under age 30

Priests Personnel Projections to 2006

Presently we have	Jan. 1993	Jun. 1998	Jul. 2001
Bishops	2	2	2
Pastors*	161	154	148
Parochial Vicars*	41 +4 spir	18	18
Special Workers*	65	37	28
Outside Diocese	12	15	11
Sick Leave / LOA	10	6	5
Sabbatical		3	1
Total	295	235	213
Total with Retired	340	298	281
Total Active in Diocese	273	211	196

* = active

Projection to the Year 2006

All but retired / sick / LOA
Current	208
Age 75 by 7/1/2006	-24 age 75 or more by 2006 184 (includes priests with military or national roles outside of the diocese)
Age 70 by 2006	-18 (eligible for retirement 35)
(50% usually retire)	166
Deaths (5 years)	-10 statistic is adjusted to reflect our current experience of 5 per year, 2FTE 156
Avg. 2 resignations per year	-10 statistic is adjusted downward to move toward our current experience and it includes early retirements for health reasons. 146
Ordinations 2000-2006	+12 (Seminarians, if all are ordained)
Optimum for 1 July 2006	158

Current Distribution of Priest Personnel by Age and Assignment

Age	#	Pastor	Admin	Multi-Par	SM/Pas	PV	Bishop	SM	SAB	Ren/sick	OD
70+	26	21		1		1	1	2			1
65-69	35	16	3	2		3	1	7			3
60-64	39	25		1	1	1		6		3	2
55-59	34	17	1	3	4	3		3	1	1	1
50-54	34	20		2	4	1		4			3
45-49	22			1	3	2		3			1
40-44	15	7		3		2		2		1
35-39	6	2		1		2		1			1
30-34	2	2		1		1
25-29	2					2
Totals	215	120	4	14	12	18	2	28	1	5	11

The Good News About Seminarians and the Challenging News of Retirements

We are fortunate to have 22 Seminarians in 10 years if study for the Priesthood. Eight are in their college years. 14 are in Theologates. The {brackets} indicate the year that Ordination might be anticipated for each class.

Class	Seminarians	Anticipated Ordination	Priests Reaching 70
Theology 4	2	2002	6 (24 active priests are over 70)
Theology 3	1	2003	7
Pastoral Year	2	2004	10
Theology 2	6	2005	7
Theology 1	1	2006	4
Pre-Theology	2	2007	8
College 4	2	2007	above
College 3	2	2008	8
College 2	0	2009	10
College 1	4	2010	8

Other Priests Serving the Diocese of Syracuse

Franciscans - 21 Priests + 5 Brothers
Jesuits - 23
Africans - 8
Others - 10

The Franciscans pastor four parishes: Assumption : Syracuse, St. Mary:Minoa, St. Francis of Assisi: Bridgeport also St. Cyril and Methodius: Binghamton. Additionally , they form the Community of St. Francis Brother of Peace in Syracuse. The Franciscan Community also provides Chaplins for St. Joseph Hospital, Syracuse University, the High School Faith Centers, The Franciscan Place in the Carousel Mall, the Northside Evangelization effort, and the Vicar for Religious. Franciscans frequently help in weekend parish ministry.

The Jesuit Community provides the Diocese with LeMoyne College , an excellent institution of Higher Education. Also present at the site of LeMoyne College is a Jesuit House of Formation.

The Distribution of the 28 Priests in FTE Specialized Ministries

FTE: Priests in Specialized Ministries	FT Parish & FT Specialized
Health Care - 8 Education - 3 Campus Min- 4 Supply Ministry- 1 Cemeteries - 1 Retreats - 2 Parishes /Planning -1 Urban Ministry - 1 Prison Ministry - 3 Family Life - 1 Parishes / Planning - 1 Bishop's Office - 1 Vocation / Recrutment -1 Elizabeth House - 1 Elderly - 1	Health Care - 1 Campus Min - 2 Catholic Schools- 1 Seminarians - 1 Spanish Ministry - 1 Police / Sheriff - 1 Catholic Sun - 1 Chancellor - 1 Tribunal - 1

We are also blessed by the presence of Fr. Luis Olguin who is noted in the listing for other priests above

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