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Archdiocese of Dubuque

Archidioecesis Dubuquensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Thomas Robert Zinkula, Archbishop
  • Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B., Archbishop Emeritus
  • Michael Owen Jackels, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 15 June 1893
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Iowa
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 45,074 (17,409 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: IX (IA, KS, MO, NE)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: DUB
  • Official Web Site: https://www.dbqarch.org/
  • Mailing Address: 1229 Mount Loretta Ave., Dubuque, IA 52003, USA
  • Telephone: (563)556-2580
  • Fax: 556-5464

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Dubuque
28 July 1837ErectedDiocese of Saint Louis Diocese of Dubuque (erected) (Territory of Wisconsin, between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers)
19 July 1850Territory LostDiocese of Dubuque
Diocese of Milwaukee
Diocese of Saint Paul (erected) (State of Minnesota)
19 July 1850Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Chicago (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
Diocese of Dubuque (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
Diocese of Milwaukee (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
Diocese of Nashville (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
14 June 1881Territory LostDiocese of Dubuque Diocese of Davenport (erected)
Archdiocese of Dubuque
15 June 1893ElevatedDiocese of Dubuque Archdiocese of Dubuque
15 January 1902Territory LostArchdiocese of Dubuque Diocese of Sioux City (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Dubuque
190822292310780165ce
1950147,412800,00018.4%35216368400861,983204ap1951
1966214,730914,34023.5%4451175623822442,015238ap1967
1970231,247914,34025.3%37717394586701,853ap1971*
1976243,458956,07825.5%372704425501771,551235ap1977
1980249,000982,00025.4%35476430579252261,446234ap1981
1990229,9451,058,10021.7%3033834167459831,299226ap1991
1999218,108923,00023.6%260362967366627998211ap2000
2000237,205923,00025.7%2253626190860130936212ap2001
2001219,195923,00023.7%2223625884959149889211ap2002
2002213,555927,16123.0%2153124686864138842209ap2003
2003212,619927,16122.9%2103724786066172831201ap2004
2004211,847927,16122.8%2103224287575158826199ap2005
2006216,000944,00022.9%2053323890775133818187ap2007
2013200,588998,63820.1%1743120597891174658167ap2014
2016197,8161,055,14018.7%16537202979100180594166ap2017
2019193,3601,010,47119.1%157351921,007114160527166ap2020
2021186,7791,007,53118.5%151321831,020117174475165ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Dubuque
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 173

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