General statistics about the SSPX

The Society of St. Pius X was founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre as an international "pious union" for the formation of priests.

Worldwide:

Most recently available numbers:

• Houses in 77 countries
• 17 districts and autonomous houses
• 5 international seminaries
• Houses: 184 (plus 19 in Friendly Communities)
• Clergy: 6 bishops, 733 priests, 264 seminarians
• Religious: 145 brothers, 250 sisters, 88 oblate sisters
• Schools: 94 (plus 46 in Friendly Communities)
• Mass locations: 798 (plus 79 in Friendly Communities)
• 50 nationalities represented; average age of members 47

United States:

Updated August, 2026

Locations in 40 of 50 States:

• 25 priories (where priests reside)
• 120 chapels
• 2 retreat centers

Clergy:

• 3 bishops
• 142 priests
• 110 seminarians + humanities students

Religious:

• 33 brothers
• 43 sisters

Priestly training / religious formation:

• 1 seminary
• 1 priests' house of studies
• 1 brothers novitiate
• 1 sisters novitiate
• 4 sisters convents

Publishing house: Angelus Press

Educational facilities:

• 1 college
• 29 schools

Laity associated in USA:

• ~35,000 attending chapels
• 770 Third Order members + 90 postulants

Affiliated (non-SSPX) entities in the USA

• 9 independent chapels ["non-SSPX venue"]
• 1 monastery for male religious: Benedictine
• 8 convents for female religious: 
  • 2 Carmelite
  • 1 Franciscan
  • 3 Dominican
  • 1 Benedictine
  • 1 Consoling Sisters