Roman Catholic Diocese of Biella
Statistics

Roman Catholic Diocese of Biella

Section Title: Statistics
Table Section Text: None

Year	Population	Priests	Deacons	Religious	Parishes

baptised	total	%	number	secular	regular	baptised per priest	men	women

1950	148,327	149,361	99.3	272	224	48	545	118	686	123

1959	197,703	198,649	99.5	227	199	28	870	96	490	124

1970	201,850	202,115	99.9	217	198	19	930	24	452	126

1978	200,250	200,700	99.8	203	180	23	986	46	384	126

1990	202,000	203,000	99.5	180	150	30	1,122	11	48	400	114

1999	180,000	180,356	99.8	171	140	31	1,052	25	52	352	114

2000	180,000	180,356	99.8	172	141	31	1,046	28	54	352	114

2001	180,000	180,356	99.8	166	135	31	1,084	27	54	352	114

2002	175,000	180,000	97.2	165	134	31	1,060	27	54	352	114

2003	171,000	175,000	97.7	166	135	31	1,030	26	52	293	114

2004	171,000	175,000	97.7	161	130	31	1,062	26	52	286	114

Sentence(s)

In 2004 the diocese had a population of 175,000 of whom 171,000 (97.7%) had been baptised into the Catholic.

final_sentence: In 2004 the diocese had a population of 175,000 of whom 171,000 (97.7%) had been baptised into the Catholic.