Archdiocese of Saint Louis

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Bishop(s) Raymond Leo Burke, Archbishop Robert Joseph Hermann, Auxiliary Bishop Suffragan Dioceses Jefferson City Kansas City-Saint Joseph Springfield-Cape Girardeau

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 20 July 1847 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) State: Missouri Country: United States of America Square Kilometers: 15,451 (5,968 Square Miles) Conference Region: IX (IA, KS, MO, NE) Catholic Directory Abbreviation: STL Official Web Site: http://www.archstl.org/ Mailing Address: 4445 Lindell Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63108-2497 Telephone: (314)633-2222 Fax: 633-2333

Historical Details

• Diocese of Saint Louis
  • Latin Name: Sancti Ludovici
  • Erected: 18 July 1826
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Baltimore
  • State: Missouri
  • Country: United States of America

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (18 Jul 1826 Appointed - 25 Sep 1843 Died)
• Peter Richard Kenrick † (25 Sep 1843 Succeeded - 21 May 1895 Retired)
• John Joseph Kain † (21 May 1895 Succeeded - 13 Oct 1903 Died)
• John Joseph Glennon † (13 Oct 1903 Succeeded - 9 Mar 1946 Died)
• Joseph Elmer Ritter † (20 Jul 1946 Appointed - 10 Jun 1967 Died)
• John Joseph Carberry † (14 Feb 1968 Appointed - 31 Jul 1979 Retired)
• John Lawrence May † (24 Jan 1980 Appointed - 9 Dec 1992 Resigned)
• Justin Francis Rigali (25 Jan 1994 Appointed - 15 Jul 2003 Appointed, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Raymond Leo Burke (2 Dec 2003 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Saint Louis
18 July 1826	Erected	Diocese of Durango Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans)	Diocese of Saint Louis (erected)
28 July 1837	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Louis	Diocese of Dubuque (erected)
28 November 1843	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Louis Diocese of Vincennes	Diocese of Chicago (erected) (State of Illinois)
28 November 1843	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Louis	Diocese of Little Rock (erected)
1 December 1843	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Louis	Vicariate Apostolic of Oregon Territory (erected)
Archdiocese of Saint Louis
20 July 1847	Elevated	Diocese of Saint Louis	Archdiocese of Saint Louis
3 March 1868	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Saint Louis	Diocese of Saint Joseph (erected)
10 September 1880	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Saint Louis	Diocese of Kansas City (erected)
11 March 1883	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Saint Louis	Vicariate Apostolic of Montana (Current part of the state of Montana East of the Rockies)
16 June 1911	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Saint Louis	Diocese of Saint Joseph (Counties of Clark, Adair, Knox, Lewis, Macon, Shelby, Marion, Chariton, Randolph, Monroe, and Ralls)
2 July 1956	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Joseph Archdiocese of Saint Louis	Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau (erected)
2 July 1956	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Joseph Archdiocese of Saint Louis	Diocese of Jefferson City (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Saint Louis
1903	220,000			268	174	442	497				192	ce
1911	375,000			314	214	528	710				234	ce
1950	433,442	2,000,000	21.7%	501	479	980	442		598	3,944	331	ap1951
1966	512,152	1,769,500	28.9%	585	520	1,105	463		921	4,378	259	ap1967
1970	531,213	2,100,000	25.3%	261	551	812	654		864	3,350	249	ap1971
1976	514,694	1,906,968	27.0%	521	508	1,029	500		984	3,671	246	ap1977
1980	531,108	1,924,220	27.6%	552	481	1,033	514	30	801	3,395	246	ap1981
1990	541,739	1,989,500	27.2%	513	416	929	583	162	677	2,867	245	ap1991
1999	555,000	2,064,548	26.9%	471	412	883	628	213	175	2,161	227	ap2000
2000	555,000	2,064,548	26.9%	456	363	819	677	213	560	2,120	224	ap2001
2001	555,621	2,089,000	26.6%	465	381	846	656	225	583	2,109	228	ap2002
2002	555,750	2,100,000	26.5%	442	335	777	715	246	524	2,023	220	ap2003
2003	555,750	2,118,721	26.2%	437	388	825	673	246	558	2,019	217	ap2004
2004	555,750	2,118,721	26.2%	401	357	758	733	254	534	1,913	213	ap2005

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Edward Kenneth Braxton (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Mar 1995 to 12 Dec 2000)
• Raymond Leo Burke (Archbishop: 2 Dec 2003 - )
• Luis Morgan Casey (Priest: 7 Apr 1962 to 3 Nov 1983)
• Timothy Michael Dolan (Priest: 19 Jun 1976; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jun 2001 to 25 Jun 2002)
• Robert William Finn (Priest: 7 Jul 1979 to 9 Mar 2004)
• John Raymond Gaydos (Priest: 20 Dec 1968 to 25 Jun 1997)
• Robert Joseph Hermann (Priest: 30 Mar 1963; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Oct 2002)
• John Joseph Leibrecht (Priest: 17 Mar 1956 to 20 Oct 1984)
• George Joseph Lucas (Priest: 24 May 1975 to 19 Oct 1999)
• Joseph Fred Naumann (Priest: 24 May 1975; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Jul 1997 to 7 Jan 2004)
• Edward Joseph O'Donnell (Priest: 6 Apr 1957; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Dec 1983 to 8 Nov 1994)
• Justin Francis Rigali (Archbishop: 25 Jan 1994 to 15 Jul 2003)
• Michael John Sheridan (Priest: 29 May 1971; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Jul 1997 to 4 Dec 2001)
• James Terry Steib, S.V.D. (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Dec 1983 to 24 Mar 1993)
• Paul Albert Zipfel (Priest: 18 Mar 1961; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 May 1989 to 31 Dec 1996)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Leo Christopher Byrne † (Priest: 10 Jun 1933; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 May 1954 to 11 Feb 1961)
• John Joseph Carberry † (Archbishop: 14 Feb 1968 to 31 Jul 1979)
• Mark Kenny Carroll † (Priest: 10 Jun 1922 to 15 Feb 1947)
• John Patrick Cody † (Priest: 8 Dec 1931; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 May 1947 to 27 Jan 1954)
• George Joseph Donnelly † (Priest: 12 Jun 1921; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Mar 1940 to 9 Nov 1946)
• James Duggan † (Priest: 29 May 1847; Coadjutor Bishop: 9 Jan 1857 to 21 Jan 1859)
• Patrick Augustine Feehan † (Priest: 1 Nov 1852 to 7 Jun 1865)
• Glennon Patrick Flavin † (Priest: 20 Dec 1941; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Apr 1957 to 29 May 1967)
• Marion Francis Forst † (Priest: 10 Jun 1934 to 2 Jan 1960)
• John Joseph Glennon † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 27 Apr 1903; Archbishop: 13 Oct 1903 to 9 Mar 1946)
• George Joseph Gottwald † (Priest: 9 Jun 1940; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jun 1961 to 2 Aug 1988)
• Charles Herman Helmsing † (Priest: 10 Jun 1933; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Mar 1949 to 24 Aug 1956)
• John Hennessy † (Priest: 1 Nov 1850 to 24 Apr 1866)
• John Joseph Hogan † (Priest: 10 Apr 1852 to 3 Mar 1868)
• John Joseph Kain † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 21 May 1893; Archbishop: 21 May 1895 to 13 Oct 1903)
• Peter Richard Kenrick † (Coadjutor Bishop: 30 Apr 1841; Bishop: 25 Sep 1843; Archbishop: 12 Jul 1847 to 21 May 1895)
• Charles Roman Koester † (Priest: 20 Dec 1941; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Jan 1971 to 10 Sep 1991)
• John Lawrence May † (Archbishop: 24 Jan 1980 to 9 Dec 1992)
• Joseph Alphonse McNicholas † (Priest: 7 Jun 1949; Auxiliary Bishop: 31 Jan 1969 to 22 Jul 1975)
• Joseph Melcher † (Priest: 27 Mar 1830 to 3 Mar 1868)
• Edward Thomas O'Meara † (Priest: 21 Dec 1946; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jan 1972 to 21 Nov 1979)
• Michael Portier † (Priest: 16 May 1818 to 26 Aug 1825)
• Joseph Elmer Ritter † (Archbishop: 20 Jul 1946 to 10 Jun 1967)
• Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (Apostolic Administrator: 18 Jul 1826; Bishop: 20 Mar 1827 to 25 Sep 1843)
• Patrick John Ryan † (Priest: 8 Sep 1852; Coadjutor Archbishop: 15 Feb 1872 to 8 Jun 1884)
• John Henry Tihen † (Priest: 26 Apr 1886 to 12 May 1911)
• Christian Herman Winkelmann † (Priest: 11 Jun 1907; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Sep 1933 to 27 Dec 1939)
• John Nicholas Wurm † (Priest: 3 Apr 1954; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jun 1976 to 19 Sep 1981)