Archdiocese of Indianapolis

Historical Details

• Diocese of Vincennes
  • Erected: 6 May 1834
  • State: Indiana
  • Country: United States of America

• Diocese of Indianapolis
  • Latin Name: Indianapolitana
  • Name Changed: 28 March 1898
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cincinnati
  • State: Indiana
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Miles: 18,479

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Simon William Gabriel Bruté de Rémur † (6 May 1834 Appointed - 26 Jun 1839 Died)
• Célestine René Laurent Guynemer de la Hailandière † (26 Jun 1839 Succeeded - 7 Feb 1847 Resigned)
• John Stephen (Jean Etienne) Bazin † (23 Apr 1847 Appointed - 23 Apr 1848 Died)
• Jacques-Maurice des Landes d’Aussac De Saint Palais † (3 Oct 1848 Appointed - 28 Jun 1877 Died)
• Francis Silas Marean Chatard † (26 Mar 1878 Appointed - 7 Sep 1918 Died)
• Joseph Chartrand † (25 Sep 1918 Succeeded - 8 Dec 1933 Died)
• John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † (18 May 1925 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
• Joseph Elmer Ritter † (24 Mar 1934 Appointed - 20 Jul 1946 Appointed, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri)
• Paul Clarence Schulte † (20 Jul 1946 Appointed - 3 Jan 1970 Resigned)
• George Joseph Biskup † (3 Jan 1970 Succeeded - 20 Mar 1979 Resigned)
• Edward Thomas O’Meara † (21 Nov 1979 Appointed - 10 Jan 1992 Died)
• Daniel Mark Buechlein, O.S.B. (14 Jul 1992 Appointed - 21 Sep 2011 Resigned)
• Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R. (18 Oct 2012 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Vincennes
Diocese of Indianapolis
Archdiocese of Indianapolis
1950	125,000	1,505,527	8.3%	229	169	398	314		223	2,370	151	ap1951
1966	203,465	1,783,562	11.4%	268	190	458	444		335	2,544	164	ap1967
1970	207,967	1,783,562	11.7%	271	184	455	457		294	2,583	145	ap1971
1976	202,965	2,022,366	10.0%	247		247	821		159	1,620	144	ap1977
1980	202,087	2,078,000	9.7%	220	172	392	515		317	1,913	142	ap1981
1990	202,695	2,312,200	8.8%	179	121	300	675		216	806	159	ap1991
1999	217,886	2,201,503	9.9%	167	113	280	778		58	784	138	ap2000
2000	220,302	2,359,104	9.3%	162	105	267	825		173	776	138	ap2001
2001	227,501	2,422,103	9.4%	157	19	176	1,292		170	764	139	ap2002
2002	233,171	2,430,666	9.6%	157	102	259	900		163	731	139	ap2003
2003	229,482	2,430,666	9.4%	163	106	269	853		158	725	139	ap2004
2004	230,938	2,430,606	9.5%	159	113	272	849		166	757	139	ap2005
2006	236,000	2,477,000	9.5%	156	105	261	904	1	144	700	139	ap2007
2010	244,000	2,573,000	9.5%	154	91	245	995		129	658	151	ap2011

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Daniel Mark Buechlein, O.S.B. (Archbishop: 14 Jul 1992 to 21 Sep 2011)
• Christopher James Coyne (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jan 2011; Apostolic Administrator: 21 Sep 2011 to 3 Dec 2012)
• Paul Dennis Etienne (Priest: 27 Jun 1992 to 19 Oct 2009)
• Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger (Priest: 7 May 1961 to 11 Mar 1989)
• Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R. (Archbishop: 18 Oct 2012 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Herman Joseph Alerding † (Priest: 22 Sep 1869 to 30 Aug 1900)
• John Stephen (Jean Etienne) Bazin † (Bishop: 23 Apr 1847 to 23 Apr 1848)
• George Joseph Biskup † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 20 Jul 1967; Archbishop: 3 Jan 1970 to 20 Mar 1979)
• Simon William Gabriel Bruté de Rémur † (Bishop: 6 May 1834 to 26 Jun 1839)
• Joseph Chartrand † (Coadjutor Bishop: 27 Jul 1910; Bishop: 25 Sep 1918 to 8 Dec 1933)
• Francis Silas Marean Chatard † (Bishop: 26 Mar 1878 to 7 Sep 1918)
• Jacques-Maurice des Landes d’Aussac De Saint Palais † (Priest: 28 May 1836; Bishop: 3 Oct 1848 to 28 Jun 1877)
• John Paul Elford † (Priest: 27 May 1947 to 15 Jul 1968)
• Célestine René Laurent Guynemer de la Hailandière † (Coadjutor Bishop: 17 May 1839; Bishop: 26 Jun 1839 to 7 Feb 1847)
• Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina † (Priest: 18 Mar 1893 to 30 Apr 1921)
• John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † (Bishop: 18 May 1925 - Did Not Take Effect)
• Denis O’Donaghue † (Priest: 6 Sep 1874; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Feb 1900 to 7 Feb 1910)
• Edward Thomas O’Meara † (Archbishop: 21 Nov 1979 to 10 Jan 1992)
• Joseph Elmer Ritter † (Priest: 30 May 1917; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Feb 1933; Bishop: 24 Mar 1934; Archbishop: 11 Nov 1944 to 20 Jul 1946)
• Paul Clarence Schulte † (Archbishop: 20 Jul 1946 to 3 Jan 1970)
• Alphonse John Smith † (Priest: 18 Apr 1908 to 23 Dec 1923)