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Diocese of Gaylord

Dioecesis Gaylordensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Jeffrey Joseph Walsh, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 19 December 1970
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Detroit
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Michigan
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 28,932 (11,174 Square Miles)
  • Description: 21 most northern counties of Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
  • Conference Region: VI (OH, MI)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: GLD
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseofgaylord.org/
  • Mailing Address: Diocesan Pastoral Center, 611 W. North St., Gaylord, MI 49735-8349, USA
  • Telephone: (989)732-5147
  • Fax: 705-3589

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
19 December 1970ErectedDiocese of Grand Rapids (Manistee, Wexford, Misaukee, Roscommon, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Crawford, Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego, Charlevoix, Emmet, and Cheboygan)
Diocese of Saginaw (Presque Isle, Montmorency, Alpena, Oscoda, Alcona, Ogemaw, and Losco)
Diocese of Gaylord (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197679,795323,26424.7%5819771,0362316359ap1977
198084,425423,00020.0%64218599312615359ap1981
199091,717418,80021.9%6917861,06692210584ap1991
199982,074458,13017.9%7216889321215981ap2000
200079,421458,13017.3%64168099212175581ap2001
200182,835476,24417.4%6116771,07513175081ap2002
200278,430476,24416.5%6013731,07413154981ap2003
200380,165497,12016.1%5613691,16112154581ap2004
200476,060497,26415.3%5711681,11814124181ap2005
200670,327514,00113.7%5411651,08117173581ap2007
201274,500544,00013.7%676731,0202362980ap2013
201375,100546,00013.8%746809382262780ap2014
201676,637557,90913.7%814859012141977ap2017
201978,300569,80013.7%664701,1181841875ap2020
202179,100575,63013.7%703731,0832731775ap2022

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 63, Page 721, to Page 723

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