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Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau

Archidioecesis Ancoragiensis-Junellensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Andrew Eugene Bellisario, C.M., Archbishop
  • Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I., Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • United: 19 May 2020
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Alaska
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 320,932 (123,959 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: XII (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: ANC
  • Official Web Site: https://aoaj.org/
  • Mailing Address: 225 Cordova St., Building A, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA
  • Telephone: (907) 297-7700
  • Fax: 279-3041

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Archdiocese of Anchorage
22 January 1966ErectedDiocese of Fairbanks
Diocese of Juneau
Archdiocese of Anchorage (erected) (Third Judicial Division)
Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau
19 May 2020UnitedArchdiocese of Anchorage
Diocese of Juneau
Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Anchorage
196630,000130,00023.1%612181,66610309ap1967
197035,528141,62925.1%1617331,076193211ap1971
197625,000175,00014.3%141226961142818ap1977
198020,038206,0009.7%1720375411203820ap1981
199021,053220,0009.6%19173658411234621ap1991
199929,307389,4017.5%199281,0461214119ap2000
200031,071396,8017.8%24103491316114419ap2001
200132,364370,3768.7%22123495115134220ap2002
200231,112395,9517.9%1711281,11115134620ap2003
200332,170401,6198.0%2010301,07213134320ap2004
200429,693345,9758.6%2393292719124120ap2005
200628,136437,4636.4%2283093714103220ap2007
201233,800460,0007.3%2111321,05616121923ap2013
201543,761473,3489.2%2311341,28713122323ap2016
201844,723483,8159.2%2412361,24222122323ap2019
Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau
202055,297641,7708.6%3013431,28533132532ap2021
202256,000645,0008.7%3014441,27237152332ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Archdiocese of Anchorage
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 615, to Page 617
  • Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 112, Page 671, and Page 672

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