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October 12, 2002: Statistic

Moscow Patriarchy has 127 dioceses (about 100 in Russia, others abroad), 151 bishops, more than 19,000 parishes all over the world, 17,500 priests (which shows that real number of parishes is lesser, because many parieshes have more than one priests; so about 15,000 parishes funcrion actually.) 478 convents, (in Russia 299, 151 monasteries and 148 nunneries.)