Archdiocese of Washington

The Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Washington

• Includes the District of Columbia and five surrounding Maryland counties of St. Mary’s, Charles, Calvert, Prince George’s and Montgomery
• 655,000 Catholics
• 139 parishes and missions
• Masses celebrated in more than 20 languages
• 93 Catholic schools serving 26,000 students
• Three Catholic universities – The Catholic University of America, Georgetown University and Trinity Washington University
• Awards $6 million in annual tuition assistance to Catholic school students
• More than 142,000 men, women and children served by Catholic Charities each year
• Providence Hospital, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington and Holy Cross Hospitals in Silver Spring and Germantown, providing millions of dollars of charitable care each year