The Official Catholic Directory offers the most up-to-date contact information available, with statistics on the Church and its population. No other directory so closely details mergers, closures and consolidations of parishes, and provides organized data so you can quickly locate:

• Clergy within particular (arch) dioceses
  
  
• Listings of new parishes
  
  
• Sacramental records for new parishes
  
  
• (Arch) Dioceses throughout the world
  
  
• Catholic schools, colleges, universities, daycare centers, nursing homes, hospitals, and special care facilities in the U.S.
  
  
• Tax-exempt status of specific Catholic organizations
  
  
• Institutions within specific (arch) dioceses or geographic areas