Mass Stipend Amounts in the United States
The customary offering for a Mass that U.S. dioceses and provinces have published, each with its own document and date, and what the figure does and does not mean.
Written by Elias Nolin
In Short
Most U.S. dioceses that publish a figure say the customary offering for a Mass is $10, and the standard figures they publish run from $5 to $15. The bishops of each province set it by decree, and where they haven’t, the custom of each diocese stands (canon 952). A priest may not ask for more, but he may accept more or less, and priests are urged to offer Mass even when nothing is given (canon 945).
The Published Figures
Checked on 13 October 2026, every document opened that day. Each figure is one a diocese, or the bishops of its province, published in a document of their own (a decree, policy, handbook, manual, newsletter, letter or web page), and the note on each row names the document and links it. A figure marked (province) was set by the bishops of the province for all their dioceses. One marked (missions office) is what the diocese’s office for the missions suggests for each Mass it sends to mission priests: that office’s suggestion, not a decree or a stated diocesan custom under canon 952.
| Diocese | State | Mass offering | Figure dated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diocese of Little Rock | AR | $10 (province) | Faculties in force 1 February 2016 | 1 |
| Diocese of Oakland | CA | $10 (province) | Decree of 17 April 2015 | 2 |
| Diocese of Orange | CA | $10 (missions office) | Form revised 27 October 2017 | 3 |
| Diocese of Sacramento | CA | $10 (province) | Decree of 17 April 2015 | 2 |
| Diocese of San Diego | CA | $10 (missions office) | Undated page | 4 |
| Archdiocese of San Francisco | CA | $10 (province) | Decree of 17 April 2015 | 2 |
| Diocese of San Jose | CA | $10 (province) | Decree of 17 April 2015 | 2 |
| Diocese of Santa Rosa | CA | $10 (province) | Decree of 17 April 2015 | 2 |
| Diocese of Stockton | CA | $10 (province) | Decree of 17 April 2015 | 2 |
| Archdiocese of Washington | DC | $10 (missions office) | Page of 31 July 2023 | 5 |
| Diocese of Venice | FL | $10 | Policies revised 29 January 2025 | 6 |
| Diocese of Honolulu | HI | $10 (province) | Decree of 17 April 2015 | 2 |
| Diocese of Davenport | IA | $10 (province) | In force 1 January 2026 | 7 |
| Diocese of Des Moines | IA | $10 (province) | In force 1 January 2026 | 7 |
| Archdiocese of Dubuque | IA | $10 (province) | In force 1 January 2026 | 7 |
| Diocese of Sioux City | IA | $10 (province) | In force 1 January 2026 | 7 |
| Diocese of Rockford | IL | $10 (province) | Guide of 2017 | 8 |
| Archdiocese of Indianapolis | IN | $10 (province) | In force 1 October 2007 | 9 |
| Diocese of Dodge City | KS | $10 (province) | In force 1 May 2014 | 10 |
| Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas | KS | $10 (province) | In force 1 May 2014 | 10 |
| Diocese of Salina | KS | $10 (province) | In force 1 May 2014 | 10 |
| Diocese of Wichita | KS | $10 (province) | In force 1 May 2014 | 10 |
| Diocese of Lexington | KY | $5 | Policies of 1 November 2023 | 11 |
| Archdiocese of Louisville | KY | $10 | Policy of 1 July 2018 | 12 |
| Diocese of Owensboro | KY | $5 | In force 1 July 2017 | 13 |
| Diocese of Alexandria | LA | $5 | Undated (file of 8 June 2023) | 14 |
| Diocese of Lake Charles | LA | $5 (province) | Policy updated 1 July 2020 | 15 |
| Diocese of Fall River | MA | $10 for a weekday Mass; up to $20 for an announced weekend Mass | In force 1 January 2008 | 16 |
| Archdiocese of Baltimore | MD | $10 | Page of 19 November 2019, updated 3 March 2020 | 17 |
| Diocese of Saginaw | MI | $10 (province) | Section revised June 2016 | 18 |
| Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis | MN | $7 | In force 1 July 1989 | 19 |
| Diocese of Jefferson City | MO | $10 (province) | In force 1 July 2019 | 20 |
| Diocese of Lincoln | NE | $10 | Stated 1 April 2022 | 21 |
| Archdiocese of Omaha | NE | $10 | Undated (file of 4 October 2019) | 22 |
| Diocese of Manchester | NH | $10 | Policy for fiscal 2025 | 23 |
| Diocese of Trenton | NJ | $10 | Statutes of 8 December 2014 | 24 |
| Diocese of Gallup | NM, AZ | $10 | Undated (file of 15 May 2004) | 25 |
| Diocese of Buffalo | NY | $15 | Stated 15 November 2023 | 26 |
| Archdiocese of New York | NY | $15 | Undated (file of 6 August 2023) | 27 |
| Diocese of Rockville Centre | NY | $10 | Manual, 1997 edition | 28 |
| Archdiocese of Cincinnati | OH | $5 | Manual of 2022 | 29 |
| Diocese of Cleveland | OH | $10 | Policy updated 1 September 2021 | 30 |
| Diocese of Columbus | OH | $10 (missions office) | Undated page | 31 |
| Diocese of Scranton | PA | $10 | Handbook of 19 October 2016 | 32 |
| Diocese of Austin | TX | $5 (province) | Code in force 8 December 2023 | 33 |
| Diocese of Fort Worth | TX | $5 (province) | Set 12 April 1984 | 34 |
| Diocese of Victoria in Texas | TX | $5 (province) | Undated (file of 12 September 2022) | 35 |
| Diocese of Yakima | WA | $10 | Manual updated 17 November 2023 | 36 |
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How to Read the Table
Each date is the document’s own, never the day we read it. Where a document carries no date, the row says so and gives the nearest evidence, the day its file was made. A figure can stand for decades: the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis still publishes the 1989 decree that set $7. A figure can also change while an old page stays up, so a date tells you how old the evidence is, not that the figure is current. Your parish office or your chancery has the current one.
Without a decree from the province, each diocese keeps its own custom, so two dioceses of one province can publish different figures. In Ohio, Cincinnati’s manual says $5 and Cleveland’s handbook says $10. Provinces change, too. The 2015 decree for the Province of San Francisco was given when Las Vegas, Reno and Salt Lake City belonged to it. In 2023 the Holy See made them a province of their own,37 and we found no figure that new province has published, so they aren’t listed. In 2023 Reno’s website still carried an older recommendation: $5 for a Mass at a time the priest chooses, $10 for a Mass on a set date.38
Many figures come from a priests’ compensation policy or a parish accounting manual rather than a page for parishioners. That’s where dioceses write the number down, because the office uses it to count Masses when someone gives a sum without saying how many (canon 950).
A parish’s own figure on its own website is that parish’s practice, so none is listed. A diocese that isn’t here either publishes no figure we could find, or published one we couldn’t open on its own site. We never estimate, and we never fill a gap with an average: canon 952 leaves the figure to each province, and an average is a number no bishop set.
Who Sets the Amount
The figure isn’t the parish’s to set, and it isn’t the priest’s.
§1. Concilii provincialis aut conventus Episcoporum provinciae est pro universa provincia per decretum definire quaenam pro celebratione et applicatione Missae sit offerenda stips, nec licet sacerdoti summam maiorem expetere; ipsi tamen fas est stipem sponte oblatam definita maiorem pro Missae applicatione accipere, et etiam minorem.
§2. Ubi desit tale decretum, servetur consuetudo in dioecesi vigens.
§1. It belongs to the provincial council, or to the meeting of the bishops of the province, to lay down by decree for the whole province what offering is to be made for the celebration and application of Mass, and a priest may not ask for more; he may, however, accept for the application of a Mass an offering freely given that is larger than the one laid down, and also a smaller one.
§2. Where no such decree exists, the custom in force in the diocese is to be kept.
Canon 952. Latin · The Holy See’s English · Our translation.
Religious communities keep the same decree or custom as the place they are in (§3). In 2025 the Holy See restated the rule: every Christian community is to keep daily Masses for a single intention possible, at what the decree calls “lo stipendio stabilito”, the established offering, which the bishops of the province fix (2025 decree, Art. 1 §4, our translation).
Provinces do use this power. On 19 November 2025 the Archbishop of Dubuque, with the deliberative vote of the bishops of the province, decreed $10 for the whole Province of Dubuque from 1 January 2026, replacing a $5 figure that had stood for more than fifty years. Offerings already accepted at $5 are still owed at $5.7 The province is the four dioceses of Iowa.39 The bishops of Missouri went from $5 to $10 in 2019,20 and the bishops of Kansas did the same in 2014, with the best account we have found of why the figure sits where it does:
To enable people to enter into a spirit of sharing in the concern of the church for her ministers, the customary amount should not be so great as to make it a hardship for people to approach their pastors for this spiritual benefit; and likewise, the amount should not be so small as if to imply that the Mass itself were somehow an incidental matter.
The Bishops of Kansas, “Mass stipends to increase”, The Leaven, 11 April 2014.10
Why the Church Calls It an Offering
People often search for what a Mass costs. A Mass has no price. The Code’s Latin word is stips, a gift, and the Holy See’s English renders it “offering” all through canons 945 to 958. Those who give it “contribute to the good of the Church, and by that offering share in her care for the support of her ministers and works” (canon 946, our translation), and every appearance of bargaining or commerce is to be kept entirely away from it (canon 947). The 2025 decree recalls that such gifts were never regarded “come ‘prezzo di vendita’ per qualcosa di santo”, as a “sale price” for something holy, since that would be simony (preamble, our translation).
The Diocese of Buffalo now asks for the word on purpose. “The preferred terminology for the $15 is OFFERING. Discontinue using Stipend,” its audit office told parishes in 2023.26 This page uses both words, because people search for both, and means the same thing by each.
The figure is what’s customary, and a parish can’t build a scale of extras on it. Asked whether a parish could have a “sliding scale”, with a special announcement at Mass for $10 more, the Diocese of Oakland’s 2025 workshop on Mass stipends answered, “No.”40
What a Priest May Ask, and May Accept
A priest may not ask for more than the figure. He may accept more if it’s freely given, and he may accept less (canon 952 §1). On Sundays, dioceses differ. Buffalo says a parish “CANNOT request a higher offering for Sunday or Holy Day Masses”,26 while Fall River allows up to $20 for an announced weekend Mass, with $10 of it going to the parish.16
When someone gives a sum for Masses without saying how many, the number is reckoned from the offering established where the giver lives (canon 950). Louisville tells its parishes to compute the number “according to the amount set by the Archdiocese, which is $10.00”.12 The 2015 San Francisco decree sets $20 a Mass when a will leaves a sum for Masses without saying how many, or when no amount is specified.2
When Masses are passed on to another priest, the whole offering goes with them, unless it is certain that the amount above the diocesan figure was given for the priest himself (canon 955). And a priest who says several Masses in one day keeps the offering for one of them only, except on Christmas Day; the others go to the purposes the Ordinary lays down (canon 951). The Archdiocese of New York sends them to its seminary.27 Trenton sends them to its Mission Office for the Propagation of the Faith (the cases, one by one).24
When Someone Cannot Give
If you can give only a little, or nothing at all, ask anyway.
Enixe commendatur sacerdotibus ut, etiam nulla recepta stipe, Missam ad intentionem christifidelium praecipue egentium celebrent.
Priests are earnestly urged to celebrate Mass for the intention of the faithful, especially those in need, even when no offering has been received.
Canon 945 §2. Latin · The Holy See’s English · Our translation.
The Holy See repeated that recommendation in 2025 (decree, Art. 3 §1), and dioceses put it plainly in their own norms. Cincinnati’s manual says, “Less may be accepted and no reasonable request for Masses shall be refused.”29 The San Francisco decree says, “At no time, however, should a person be denied a Mass request on the basis of his or her inability to provide for a monetary offering.”2 The bishops of Kansas wrote that the faithful “should never hesitate to approach the pastors of the church for this spiritual assistance, regardless of whether they can offer a stipend or not.”10
A quiet word to the parish office is enough. The Mass is written in the parish’s book like any other (canon 958).
Gregorian Masses and Novenas
None of the diocesan norms in the table sets a figure for thirty Gregorian Masses, a novena of Masses or a sung Mass. Two diocesan missions offices publish figures for a series. San Diego’s lists $90 for a novena and $300 for thirty Gregorian Masses,4 and Orange’s form gives the same two figures as minimum gifts,3 which comes to $10 a Mass in each case, though canon 952 lets any priest accept less. Where a religious community or a shrine arranges the series, ask what it asks (what happens if a day is missed).
If Your Diocese Is Not Here
Ask your parish office, or your diocese’s chancery. Every province has an answer, either a decree or a diocesan custom (canon 952). If your diocese publishes its figure and it isn’t here, write to elias@memento.church with the link, and we’ll add it with its own date.
Questions
Who Sets the Mass Stipend Amount?
The bishops of each province, by decree (canon 952 §1). Where they have made none, the custom of the diocese stands (§2). A parish doesn’t set it, and neither does a priest.
How Much Is a Mass Stipend in the United States?
Most dioceses that publish a figure say $10. Some say $5, among them Cincinnati, Lexington and Owensboro and dioceses in Louisiana and Texas. Buffalo and New York say $15. The table above gives each figure with its document and date. A priest may accept more or less, so the figure is what’s customary, not a requirement.
Is the Amount the Same Everywhere?
No. It is set province by province, and where a province has made no decree, diocese by diocese (canon 952), so it differs across the country and can change. The Province of Dubuque in Iowa, for one, went from $5 to $10 on 1 January 2026.
Can I Give Less Than the Customary Offering?
Yes. A priest may accept less than the figure (canon 952 §1), and priests are earnestly urged to celebrate for people’s intentions even when nothing has been given (canon 945 §2).
Why Do Some Parishes Ask More for a Mass Card?
Ask the office what the larger figure is for. The offering for the Mass itself is the customary one, and no priest may ask more than that for the Mass (canon 952 §1). A printed card and its postage aren’t the Mass, and a clear form shows the two apart, so nobody reads the larger sum as a higher rate for a Mass.
How Memento Keeps This
Memento never sets or suggests a figure. A parish types its own customary offering into Settings; it is filled in when an intention is taken, can be changed up or down, and is never a minimum, and an intention with no offering is taken like any other. When a priest says more than one Mass in a day, Memento keeps one offering for him and lists the rest to forward, as canon 951 asks.
Sources
All sources checked on 13 October 2026.
Church Documents
- Code of Canon Law (1983), Book IV, canons 945 to 958, in Latin, and the Holy See’s English.
- Dicastery for the Clergy, Decreto sulla disciplina delle intenzioni delle Sante Messe, 13 April 2025, preamble, Art. 1 §4 and Art. 3 §1. Italian, the only official text.
Other Sources
- Diocese of Little Rock, Pagella of Faculties and Permissions for Priests for the Diocese of Little Rock, in force from 1 February 2016 (file revised 28 April 2023), page 11 of the PDF: “In the Province of Oklahoma City, which includes the Diocese of Little Rock, the set amount is $10.00.” https://www.dolr.org/sites/default/files/documents/chancery_priest_faculties_policies.pdf ↑
- Archdiocese of San Francisco, Office of the Archbishop, Decree Regarding Mass Offerings, 17 April 2015, given by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone as Metropolitan with the consent of the bishops of the Province of San Francisco, items 1 and 2. Published by the Diocese of Honolulu with Bishop Larry Silva’s letter to his clergy of 5 January 2016, and Honolulu’s own sheet, “Mass Offerings and Intentions” (page 4). https://www.catholichawaii.org/media/651035/decrees-for-san-francisco-province-mass-offerings-sacraments.pdf (the decree, page 3, is a scan, read from the image). The province today is San Francisco, Honolulu, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa and Stockton: https://sfarch.org/about/our-archdiocese/ ↑
- Diocese of Orange, Mission Office, “Mass Intention Request”, revised 27 October 2017: “we suggest the minimum offering for a Mass is $10”, with a novena at “$90 (minimum gift)” and thirty Gregorian Masses at “$300 (minimum gift)”. https://www.rcbo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Mass-Intentions-Form_updated-10-2017-1-updated-1.pdf (a scanned form, read from the image) ↑
- Diocese of San Diego, Office for the Missions, “Mass Intentions”, undated: “The donation is usually $10.00 per mass”, with $90 for a novena of Masses and $300 for thirty Gregorian Masses. https://sdcatholic.org/missions/mass-intentions/ (read from the Internet Archive’s copy of 10 June 2026; the live page refused automated requests) ↑
- Archdiocese of Washington, Office of Missions, “Mass Intentions for Mission Priests”, 31 July 2023, updated 3 August 2023: “A $10 donation per Mass is customary.” https://adw.org/about-us/who-we-are/missions/mass-intentions-for-mission-priests/ ↑
- Diocese of Venice, Financial Policies and Procedures for Parishes and Schools, revised 29 January 2025, “Mass Stipends”, page 47 of the PDF. https://dioceseofvenice.org/wp-content/uploads/Parish-and-School-Financial-Policies-and-Procedures-2025-with-Appendices.pdf ↑
- Thomas R. Zinkula, Archbishop of Dubuque and Metropolitan, Decree of the Metropolitan of the Province of Dubuque in Iowa, On the offerings for and on the intentions of the Holy Masses, 19 November 2025, Art. 1 §§1 to 3, published by the Diocese of Des Moines. https://www.dmdiocese.org/filesimages/Policies/MassOfferingsPolicy.pdf ↑
- Diocese of Rockford, Donald J. Borisch, Mass Intention and Stipend Handling Guide, 2017, pages 3 and 5 of the PDF: “the customary offering for the Chicago Province as established by the bishops of the province (currently $10 per Mass).” https://www.rockforddiocese.org/pdfs/internal-audit/DOR-Mass-Stipend-Guide.pdf (read from the Internet Archive’s copy of 11 August 2023; the live file refused automated requests) ↑
- Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Office of Accounting Services, newsletter, August 2007, “Change in Mass Stipend”: “The Bishops of Indiana, have voted to raise the standard Mass stipend to $10.00 from the current $5.00 offering. This will take effect in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis October 1, 2007.” https://archindy.org/finance/files/parish/oas_newsletter/Aug2007.pdf (read from the Internet Archive’s copy of 13 January 2022; the live file refused automated requests) ↑
- Archbishop Joseph Naumann, Bishop John Brungardt (Dodge City), Bishop Edward Weisenburger (Salina) and Msgr. Robert Hemberger (administrator, Wichita), “Mass stipends to increase”, The Leaven, Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, 11 April 2014. https://theleaven.org/mass-stipends-to-increase/ The same letter is on the Diocese of Dodge City’s site: https://www.dcdiocese.org/register/6309-mass-stipends-to-increase ↑
- Diocese of Lexington, Financial Policies and Supplements for Diocesan Entities, 1 November 2023 (the date on its cover; file of 12 December 2024), section 27, “Mass Stipends”, page 19 of the PDF: “Mass stipends are always five dollars ($5) each in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington.” https://cdlex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Financial-Policies-and-Supplements-for-Diocesan-Entities-1.pdf ↑
- Archdiocese of Louisville, Presbyteral Council, ”The Laborer’s Wage”: Policy Manual for Remuneration, Compensation and Benefits for Priests Who Serve in the Archdiocese of Louisville, 1 July 2018, pages 10 and 11. https://www.archlou.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2018-Priest-Compensation-Manual.pdf (read from the Internet Archive’s copy of 19 December 2022; the live file refused automated requests) ↑
- Diocese of Owensboro, “Mass Stipends”, in force 1 July 2017: “the amount set by the Diocese, which is $5.00.” https://owensborodiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/Mass-Stipends2.pdf (read from the Internet Archive’s copy of 2 November 2021; the live file refused automated requests) ↑
- Diocese of Alexandria, Articles of Diocesan Policy, Article 3300, “Mass Stipends and Other Offerings”, item 5, undated (file of 8 June 2023), page 32 of the PDF: “the set amount is $5.00 (c. 952).” https://www.diocesealex.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Current-Diocesan-Policy-6-8-2023.pdf ↑
- Diocese of Lake Charles, DOLC Policies and Guidelines, updated 2023, “Diocesan Policy Statement: Offerings Given for the Celebration of Mass and Multiple Intentions”, updated 1 July 2020, page 153 of the PDF: “the customary offering accepted within the Province of New Orleans”, “five dollars ($5) per mass.” http://www.lcdiocese.org/images/pdfs/dolc-policies-guidelines_august-2023.pdf ↑
- Diocese of Fall River, Policy on Mass Stipends and Offerings, in force 1 January 2008, item 1. https://www.fallriverdiocese.org/app/uploads/2023/06/Parish-Administration-Stipends.pdf ↑
- Archdiocese of Baltimore, Policy 1103, “Compensation for Priests”, 1103.3, “Mass Stipends and Stole Fees”: “In the territory of the Archdiocese, the presumed amount to be applied to each Mass is $10.00 (Canon 952).” Page of 19 November 2019, updated 3 March 2020. https://www.policy.archbalt.org/human-resources/1103-compensation-for-priests/ ↑
- Diocese of Saginaw, Priest Manual, “Fees for Services” (revised June 2016), page 25 of the PDF: “A donation made for a Mass intention (Province set at $10).” https://saginaw.org/sites/default/files/Priest-Compensation-updated-Jan-2021.pdf ↑
- Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Policy 401, “Mass Stipends”: Archbishop John R. Roach’s clergy bulletin decreeing “seven dollars effective July 1, 1989” (page last updated 6 June 1989). https://www.archspm.org/policies/400-finance/401-mass-stipends/ ↑
- Diocese of Jefferson City, “What is an offering for a Mass intention?”, Making Connections, 23 June 2019: “the bishops of the Province of Missouri raised the standard Mass offering amount from $5 to $10 per Mass, effective July 1, 2019.” https://diojeffcity.org/blog/2019/06/23/what-is-an-offering-for-a-mass-intention/ (read from the Internet Archive’s copy of 6 October 2024; the live page refused automated requests) ↑
- Diocese of Lincoln, “Ask the Register: Mass stipends?”, Southern Nebraska Register, 1 April 2022, answered by Fr. Caleb La Rue, vice chancellor: “what is the custom of the region ($10 here).” https://www.lincolndiocese.org/news/diocesan-news/15961-ask-the-register-mass-stipends (read from the Internet Archive’s copy of 23 May 2022; the live page refused automated requests) ↑
- Archdiocese of Omaha, Mass Stipends, “General Rules”, page 2: “The Archdiocese determined $10 is the standard amount of a Mass stipend unless a larger amount is offered by the donor.” Undated (file of 4 October 2019, posted August 2021). https://archomaha.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mass-Stipends-Document-1.pdf ↑
- Diocese of Manchester, “Appendix H-1, Priest Remuneration Policy History”, fiscal 2025 (file of 12 June 2024), page 4, citing section 1.51 of the Parish Finance Manual. https://www.catholicnh.org/assets/extranet-documents/Appendix-H-1-Priest-Remuneration-Policy-History-FY25.pdf ↑
- Diocese of Trenton, The Statutes of the Fourth Synod of the Diocese of Trenton, revised and promulgated by Bishop David M. O’Connell on 8 December 2014, statute 69. https://dioceseoftrenton.org/fourth-synod-statutes (read from the Internet Archive’s copy of 17 September 2026; the live page refused automated requests) ↑
- Diocese of Gallup, Sacramental Guidelines: Eucharist, undated (file of 15 May 2004), page 9: “In the Diocese of Gallup the Mass offering has been established as $10.00.” https://www.dioceseofgallup.org/sacraments/EUCHARIST.pdf ↑
- Diocese of Buffalo, Internal Audit, An Afternoon With Audit: Mass Offerings, 15 November 2023, slides 3, 23 and 30. https://www.buffalodiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Mass-Offering-Presentation.pdf ↑
- Archdiocese of New York, “Stipend for Binated Mass Intentions”, undated (file of 6 August 2023): “the current stipend of $15”. https://archny.org/wp-content/uploads/Stipends-for-Binated-Mass-Intentions-3.pdf (read from the Internet Archive’s copy of 7 August 2024; the live address now forwards to a server that does not answer) ↑
- Diocese of Rockville Centre, Pastoral Manual, 1997 edition, section I, “Sacraments: Policies and Procedures”, page 89 of the PDF: “The diocesan stipend for announced Masses is not to exceed $10.00.” https://www.drvc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/pastoral_manual.pdf ↑
- Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Parish & School Accounting Manual, 2022, section VIII, “Mass Stipends (Offerings)”, item 9 (page 43 of the PDF): “The Mass offering for all Masses in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is $5.00.” https://resources.catholicaoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Accounting-Manual.pdf ↑
- Diocese of Cleveland, Remuneration and Benefits for Diocesan Priests, §901.3.1, updated 1 September 2021 (prot. n. 808/2021): “The traditional Mass stipend ($10.00 per Mass) continues to be offered to each priest.” https://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/files/resources/clergyfinalhandbook901.3.1updated9.1.2021.pdf ↑
- Diocese of Columbus, Missions Office, “Request a Mass”, undated: “The Mass stipend is $10”. https://columbuscatholic.org/missions-mass/ ↑
- Diocese of Scranton, Priests’ Personnel Handbook, working copy of 19 October 2016, “Stipends for Visiting Priests”, page 39 of the PDF: “Weekday Mass: $35 and $10 Mass offering”. https://www.dioceseofscranton.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Handbook-for-Priests-10-19-2016-Final-002.pdf ↑
- Diocese of Austin, Code of Particular Law of the Diocese of Austin, in force 8 December 2023, 1.5 (page 23 of the PDF): “determined by the Bishops of the Province, which is currently set for the province in which the Diocese of Austin is located at $5 (c. 952).” https://austindiocese.org/documents/2023/12/20231208%20Combined%20Books%20of%20Code%20of%20Particular%20Law.pdf (read from the Internet Archive’s copy of 7 December 2025; the live file refused automated requests) ↑
- Diocese of Fort Worth, Abbreviated Administrative Procedures Handbook, February 2021, “Mass Intention Stipends Policy”, page 131 of the PDF: “the Bishops of the Province of San Antonio have determined that the regular offering for the celebration of Mass will be $5.00 (April 12, 1984).” https://fwdioc.org/administrative-procedures-handbook-2021.pdf ↑
- Diocese of Victoria in Texas, “Mass Intentions”, undated (its PDF made 12 September 2022), page 2: “$5 in our province”. https://victoriadiocese.org/mass-intentions and the PDF, https://files.ecatholic.com/2809/documents/2022/9/Mass%20Intentions.pdf (the page read from the Internet Archive’s copy of 18 August 2026; the PDF opened directly) ↑
- Diocese of Yakima, A Guidebook for Diocesan Administration: Financial Policies and Procedures Manual, updated 17 November 2023, page 22: “The normal offering established in the Diocese of Yakima is $10, unless the donor specifies a different amount (C. 952).” https://yakimadiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Finance-Policies-and-Procedures-Revised-11-20-2023.pdf ↑
- Holy See Press Office, “Erection of the ecclesiastical province of Las Vegas, U.S.A., and appointment of the first metropolitan archbishop”, 30 May 2023. https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/05/30/230530a.html ↑
- Diocese of Reno, “Media and Communications” (the Frontier Shepherd Mass intentions), undated. https://renodiocese.org/home/about-our-diocese/media-communications/ (read from the Internet Archive’s copy of 10 June 2023; the live site did not answer) ↑
- Fr. Thom Hennen, “Is there a difference between a bishop and archbishop?”, The Catholic Messenger, Diocese of Davenport, 13 April 2023. https://catholicmessenger.net/2023/04/is-there-a-difference-between-a-bishop-and-archbishop/ ↑
- Diocese of Oakland, Mass stipend workshop slides, posted September 2025, slides 37, 44 and 52. https://www.oakdiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PPT-Mass-Stipend-workshop.pdf (the live file refused plain requests and was read through a second fetch tool) ↑