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Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend

Dioecesis Wayne Castrensis-South Bendensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Kevin Carl Rhoades, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 28 May 1960
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Indianapolis
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Indiana
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 15,200 (5,871 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: VII (IL, IN, WI)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: FTW
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesefwsb.org/
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 915 South Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802; P.O. Box 390, Fort Wayne, IN 46801, USA
  • Telephone: (260)422-4611
  • Fax: 969-9145

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Fort Wayne
8 January 1857ErectedDiocese of Vincennes Diocese of Fort Wayne (erected) (Counties of Fountain, Montgomery, Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Delaware, Randolph, and Warren)
21 October 1944Territory LostDiocese of Fort Wayne (Newton, Fulton, Jasper, Pulaski, Benton, Warren, Fountain, White, Tippecanoe, Montgomery, Cass, Carroll, Clinton, Boone, Miami, Howard, Tipton, Hamilton, Grant, Madison, Blackford, Delaware, Jay, and Randolph) Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana (erected)
21 October 1944Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Fort Wayne (from Cincinnati)
10 December 1956Territory LostDiocese of Fort Wayne (Counties of Lake, Porter, La Porte, and Starke) Diocese of Gary (erected)
Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend
28 May 1960Name ChangedDiocese of Fort Wayne Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Fort Wayne
1950192,2521,031,49618.6%229258487394893,145152ap1951
Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend
1966150,224892,64916.8%1393474863095741,18486ap1967
1970146,605919,69515.9%1192884073605071,02089ap1971
1976151,087973,76415.5%1482273754021643692282ap1977
1980147,438993,00014.8%1092143234561641088789ap1981
1990151,4271,086,04613.9%1071702775463234288990ap1991
1999156,6211,156,12913.5%1011752765673210568287ap2000
2000163,3191,170,33714.0%91911,7942411365687ap2001*
2001166,1081,170,33714.2%881712596412433165687ap2002
2002165,7441,178,52014.1%1101672775982532161787ap2003
2003166,8161,178,52014.2%1091652746082233062287ap2004
2004162,0431,217,93213.3%1041662706001932658184ap2005
2006159,8881,247,85012.8%1011482496421828955884ap2007
2013165,0001,311,00012.6%991722716082031645581ap2014
2016159,8251,265,97212.6%1011912925472231940081ap2017
2019161,2001,303,13312.4%1071732805753027037681ap2020
2021162,2001,311,57012.4%931562496513026332281ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Fort Wayne
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 173
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 37, Page 101, to Page 103

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