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Diocese of Fort Worth

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Bishop(s)

  • Michael Fors Olson, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Split: 9 August 1969
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of San Antonio
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Texas
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 62,030 (23,959 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: X (AR, OK, TX)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: FWT
  • Official Web Site: http://www.fwdioc.org/
  • Mailing Address: The Catholic Center, 800 West Loop 820 South, Fort Worth, TX 76108, USA
  • Telephone: (817)560-3300
  • Fax: 244-8839

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
9 August 1969SplitDiocese of Dallas-Fort Worth Diocese of Dallas
Diocese of Fort Worth (Archer, Baylor, Bosque, Clay, Comanche, Cooke, Dentón, Eastland Erath, Foard, Hardeman, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Knox, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shakelford, Stephens, Somervell, Tarrant, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, and Young)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197075,0001,136,2006.6%4135769863523666ap1971
197673,4911,349,6005.4%61411027205918350ap1977
198091,4391,523,8956.0%6747114802186316578ap1981
1990154,3252,024,0007.6%52551071,442456611383ap1991
1999207,4902,372,6668.7%60491091,903641110887ap2000
2000213,4392,430,2748.8%53601131,888577410386ap2001
2001228,6492,490,1479.2%56611171,954537510486ap2002
2002400,0002,670,97215.0%56601163,44852739588ap2003
2003400,0782,698,44314.8%59621213,30653759387ap2004
2004400,5012,770,96114.5%59561153,48274699188ap2005
2006450,0002,922,30215.4%63581213,71974679689ap2007
2011716,0003,315,00021.6%73561295,550109688388ap2014
2016900,0003,533,09325.5%59441038,737105487190ap2017
2019917,2003,600,64025.5%65771426,459775991ap2020
20211,047,2803,750,81527.9%64771417,427130774991ap2022

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 62, Page 34, to Page 36

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