V Encuentro Proceedings and Conclusions

Proceedings and Conclusions of the V National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry | 199 Appendix E U.S. Catholic Hispanic Ministry and Hispanics/Latinos in Ecclesial Ministry Starting in December of 2017, the V Encuentro National Research Team conducted a survey of diocesan offices, achieving a 100% response rate. Although some dioceses were not able to provide complete data or gave only estimates for certain questions, the results offer the most comprehensive analysis to date with respect to Catholic parishes, schools, and ministers. Hispanic Ministry in the Parishes and Catholic Schools of the U.S., by Episcopal Region Episcopal Region # of Parishes with Hispanic/ Latino Ministry Weekly Masses in Spanish Monthly Masses in Spanish Total Attendance # of Latino/a Students (K-8) # of Latino/a Students (high school) Region I 130 207 9 64,347 5,513/62,280 2,453/39,058 Region II 322 513 7 152,825 22,317/109,590 9,774/59,790 Region III 256 469 10 114,926 13,126/138,789 4,996/65,149 Region IV 160 180 11 72,368 4,124/61,474 2,204/31,395 Region V 244 294 17 65,003 4,552/101,998 1,686/48,902 Region VI 111 136 31 41,332 4,986/98,092 1,845/41,425 Region VII 333 625 18 232,995 30,828/182,147 8,285/59,831 Region VIII 66 70 14 18,706 1,986/44,550 930/12,189 Region IX 165 205 25 57,673 9,439/104,023 2,851/37,923 Region X 853 1,528 22 463,431 27,629/66,696 9,077/25,063 Region XI 762 1,786 10 823,976 52,170/146,917 20,610/74,443 Region XII 197 248 17 102,026 3,619/35,990 1,200/15,278 Region XIII 307 506 10 147,070 13,948/34,103 3,756/14,572 Region XIV 570 911 15 332,698 24,838/87,066 12,635/37,402 Total 4,476 7,678 216 2,689,376 219,075/1,273,715 82,302/562,420 Missing dioceses* 0 0 0 0 5 (0.6%) 8 (0.7%) * Percentages indicate the proportion of the U.S. Hispanic/Latino Catholic population that lives in non-responding dioceses.