Predominantly African American Parishes can be found under Links & Resources on the left navigation menu.
According to a 2014 report published by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University, the territory that comprises the Catholic Diocese of Richmond has 43, 162 Black/African American Catholics and 3,200 American Indian/Native Alaskan Catholics. These figures include Catholics who may regularly attend Mass but are not affiliated (registered) at a parish. For more information on this report visit the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) website or view the report here: 2014 CARA Report!
According to the 2016 Parish Annual Report, there are 5,931 African American’s registered in the parishes of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond.