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Diocese of Burlington

Dioecesis Burlingtonensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
29 July 1853ErectedDiocese of Boston Diocese of Burlington (erected) (Vermont)
Diocese of Portland (erected) (Maine and New Hampshire)
12 February 1875Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Burlington (from New York to Boston)
Diocese of Hartford (from New York to Boston)
Diocese of Portland (from New York to Boston)
Diocese of Providence (from New York to Boston)
Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts (from New York to Boston)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950101,502362,00028.0%141571985126166585ap1951
1959122,086377,74732.3%167642315285561893ap1960
1966134,440392,88134.2%1879328048095602102ap1967
1970141,193438,15032.2%1777224956794575144ap1971
1976149,797471,00031.8%1571072645671131384100ap1977
1980156,596493,30031.7%147692167249836998ap1981
1990145,785557,00026.2%13961200728388829797ap1991
1999147,840589,00025.1%1375118878638223994ap2000
2000148,246590,88325.1%14221163909424726793ap2001
2001148,712603,45024.6%14451195762457726388ap2002
2002148,813608,82724.4%13746183813457219586ap2003
2003149,048608,82724.5%12246168887387119086ap2004
2004149,154608,82724.5%11846164909417114986ap2005
2006130,000625,00020.8%10143144902445815884ap2007
2012122,800646,00019.0%1003513590944619574ap2013
2015125,500661,00019.0%82411231,02040619073ap2016
2018116,000627,80018.5%793811799137557672ap2019
2020112,000626,96017.9%803511597339519069ap2021
2022111,330628,88017.7%78321101,01242515068ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 172

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