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Diocese of La Crosse

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Bishop(s)

  • William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 3 March 1868
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Milwaukee
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Wisconsin
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 39,037 (15,078 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: VII (IL, IN, WI)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: LC
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseoflacrosse.com/
  • Mailing Address: 3710 East Ave. South, La Crosse, WI 54601; P.O. Box 4004, La Crosse, WI 54602-4004, USA
  • Telephone: (608)788-7700
  • Fax: 788-8413

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3 March 1868ErectedDiocese of Milwaukee Diocese of Green Bay (erected)
Diocese of La Crosse (erected)
12 February 1875Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Green Bay (from Saint Louis to Milwaukee)
Diocese of La Crosse (from Saint Louis to Milwaukee)
Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette (from Saint Louis to Milwaukee)
Diocese of Saint Paul (from Saint Louis to Milwaukee)
3 May 1905Territory LostDiocese of Green Bay
Diocese of La Crosse
Diocese of Superior (erected)
22 December 1945Territory LostDiocese of Green Bay (Portage)
Diocese of La Crosse (Jowa, Grant, Lafayette, and Sauk)
Archdiocese of Milwaukee (Dane, Jefferson, Green Rock, Columbia, Marquette, and Green Lake)
Diocese of Madison (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950142,609577,20624.7%240653054671301,350205ap1951
1966179,509619,44129.0%349534024461741,454201ap1967
1968185,512576,39532.2%303513545241521,224166ap1971
1976199,497667,84929.9%28730317629411,042199ap1977
1980218,754723,00030.3%2612228377244718174ap1981
1990220,266731,30030.1%200212219962130651190ap1991
1999219,358824,20626.6%19732229957246499173ap2000
2000212,419827,44325.7%194262209653533496172ap2001
2001209,426831,04225.2%197282259303434493167ap2002
2002215,573848,45525.4%194252199842825494168ap2003
2003203,341848,45524.0%190222129592525483166ap2004
2004202,540863,61023.5%19011911,060321467165ap2005
2013214,600932,00023.0%169111801,1926018344164ap2014
2016161,147901,15717.9%1612163988572307160ap2017
2019164,410919,80017.9%15531581,040593244159ap2020
2021163,600917,65417.8%1441441,13661197159ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 174

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