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Diocese of Jefferson City

Dioecesis Civitatis Jeffersoniensis



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Bishop(s)

  • William Shawn McKnight, Bishop
  • John Raymond Gaydos, Bishop Emeritus

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
2 July 1956ErectedDiocese of Kansas City (Counties of: Saline, Pettis, Cooper, Benton, Morgan, Moniteau, Hickory, Camden, and Miller)
Diocese of Saint Joseph (Counties of: Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, Clark, Sullivan, Adair, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon, Shelby, Marion, Chariton, Randolph, Monroe, and Raleigh)
Archdiocese of Saint Louis (Counties of: Howard, Boone, Audrain, Pike, Callaway, Montgomery, Cole, Osage, Gasconade, Maries, Pulaski, Phelps, and Crawford)
Diocese of Jefferson City (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196662,580595,00010.5%152331853381531095ap1967
196862,500154271813454029093ap1971
197673,636670,70611.0%112161285753017792ap1977
198079,905697,00011.5%10814122654332915794ap1981
199089,253750,70011.9%10824132676533410796ap1991
199989,730799,26611.2%11481227355689295ap2000
200089,730803,81211.2%104711180863159595ap2001
200185,324807,92110.6%103911276153149295ap2002
200286,826841,45510.3%98810681956138995ap2003
200386,336843,84010.2%9471018545298494ap2004
200486,483851,13110.2%876939295788695ap2005
200688,085860,70110.2%807871,0125897395ap2007
201091,700878,67210.4%85129794547136095ap2011
201393,800900,00010.4%102811085268104495ap2014
201678,388919,0838.5%9461007838573695ap2017
201976,755922,3518.3%854898627453195ap2020
202176,287924,6368.3%888886610012894ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 52, to Page 55

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