Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

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Bishop(s) John Clayton Nienstedt, Archbishop Harry Joseph Flynn, Archbishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Bismarck Crookston Duluth Fargo New Ulm Rapid City Saint Cloud Sioux Falls Winona

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Name Changed: 11 July 1966 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) State: Minnesota Country: United States of America Square Kilometers: 17,225 (6,187 Square Miles) Conference Region: VIII (MN, ND, SD) Catholic Directory Abbreviation: STP Official Web Site: http://www.archspm.org/ Mailing Address: 226 Summit Ave., Saint Paul, MN 55102-2197 Telephone: (651)291-4400 Fax: 290-1629

Historical Details

• Diocese of Saint Paul
  • Latin Name: Sancti Pauli de Minnesota
  • Erected: 19 July 1850
  • State: Minnesota
  • Country: United States of America
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: STP

• Archdiocese of Saint Paul
  • Latin Name: Sancti Pauli de Minnesota
  • Elevated: 4 May 1888
  • State: Minnesota
  • Country: United States of America
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: STP

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Joseph Crétin † (23 Jul 1850 Appointed - 22 Feb 1857 Died)
• Thomas Langdon Grace, O.P. † (21 Jan 1859 Appointed - 31 Jul 1884 Resigned)
• John Ireland † (31 Jul 1884 Succeeded - 25 Sep 1918 Died)
• Austin Dowling † (31 Jan 1919 Appointed - 29 Nov 1930 Died)
• John Gregory Murray † (29 Oct 1931 Appointed - 11 Oct 1956 Died)
• William Otterwell Brady † (11 Oct 1956 Succeeded - 1 Oct 1961 Died)
• Leo Binz † (16 Dec 1961 Appointed - 28 May 1975 Retired)
• John Robert Roach † (28 May 1975 Appointed - 8 Sep 1995 Retired)
• Harry Joseph Flynn (8 Sep 1995 Succeeded - 2 May 2008 Retired)
• John Clayton Nienstedt (2 May 2008 Succeeded - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Saint Paul
19 July 1850	Erected	Diocese of Dubuque Diocese of Milwaukee	Diocese of Saint Paul (erected)
12 February 1875	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Saint Paul (From St. Louis to Milwaukee)
12 February 1875	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Paul	Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Minnesota (erected)
12 August 1879	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Paul	Vicariate Apostolic of Dakota (erected)
26 November 1889	Territory Lost	Diocese of Saint Paul	Diocese of Winona (erected)
Archdiocese of Saint Paul
4 May 1888	Elevated	Diocese of Saint Paul	Archdiocese of Saint Paul
31 December 1909	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Saint Paul	Diocese of Crookston (erected) (Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Marshall, Mahnomen, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Rosseau Counties.)
18 November 1957	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Saint Paul	Diocese of New Ulm (erected)
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
11 July 1966	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Saint Paul	Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

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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 Paul
1950	335,880	1,406,365	23.9%	475	82	557	603		131	1,976	309	ap1951
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
1966	508,429	1,660,580	30.6%	461	178	639	795		466	2,347	224	ap1967
1968	525,427	1,660,580	31.6%	419	146	565	929		399	1,951	203	ap1971
1976	517,813	2,017,225	25.7%	389	167	556	931		265	1,103	214	ap1977
1980	554,662	2,073,000	26.8%	377	187	564	983	41	274	1,642	217	ap1981
1990	642,383	2,450,459	26.2%	379	149	528	1,216	123	224	1,434	224	ap1991
1999	752,325	2,757,989	27.3%	345	155	500	1,504	174	53	1,090	222	ap2000
2000	759,662	2,792,064	27.2%	370	158	528	1,438	171	208	1,094	222	ap2001
2001	769,135	2,831,931	27.2%	386	160	546	1,408	173	212	1,090	222	ap2002
2002	785,584	2,899,361	27.1%	349	170	519	1,513	190	215	968	222	ap2003
2003	786,149	2,940,382	26.7%	374	172	546	1,439	207	219	936	221	ap2004
2004	730,989	2,949,643	24.8%	347	128	475	1,538	195	193	991	220	ap2005

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• William Henry Bullock (Priest: 7 Jun 1952; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jun 1980 to 10 Feb 1987)
• Frederick Francis Campbell (Priest: 31 May 1980; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Mar 1999 to 14 Oct 2004)
• Robert James Carlson (Priest: 23 May 1970; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Nov 1983 to 13 Jan 1994)
• Joseph Leo Charron, C.Pp.S. (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Nov 1989 to 12 Nov 1993)
• Peter Forsyth Christensen (Priest: 25 May 1985 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Harry Joseph Flynn (Coadjutor Archbishop: 24 Feb 1994; Archbishop: 8 Sep 1995 to 2 May 2008)
• John Francis Kinney (Priest: 2 Feb 1963; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Nov 1976 to 28 Jun 1982)
• John Clayton Nienstedt (Coadjutor Archbishop: 24 Apr 2007; Archbishop: 2 May 2008)
• Richard Edmund Pates (Priest: 20 Dec 1968; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Dec 2000 to 10 Apr 2008)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• James Roosevelt Bayley † (Priest: 2 Mar 1844 to 29 Jul 1853)
• Leo Binz † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1961 to 28 May 1975)
• William Otterwell Brady † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 16 Jun 1956; Archbishop: 11 Oct 1956 to 1 Oct 1961)
• Joseph Francis Busch † (Priest: 28 Jul 1889 to 9 Apr 1910)
• James Joseph Byrne † (Priest: 3 Jun 1933; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 May 1947 to 16 Jun 1956)
• Leo Christopher Byrne † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 31 Jul 1967 to 21 Oct 1974)
• Alexander Christie † (Priest: 22 Dec 1877 to 26 Mar 1898)
• James Louis Connolly † (Priest: 1924 to 7 Apr 1945)
• Timothy J. Corbett † (Priest: 12 Jun 1886 to 9 Apr 1910)
• Leonard Philip Cowley † (Priest: 4 Jun 1938; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Nov 1957 to 18 Aug 1973)
• Joseph Crétin † (Bishop: 23 Jul 1850 to 22 Feb 1857)
• Louis Joseph Mary Theodore De Goesbriand † (Priest: 17 Jul 1840 to 29 Jul 1853)
• Patrick Delany † (Priest: 24 Jun 1879 to 15 Jun 1893)
• Austin Dowling † (Archbishop: 31 Jan 1919 to 29 Nov 1930)
• Paul Vincent Dudley † (Priest: 2 Jun 1951; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Nov 1976 to 6 Nov 1978)
• James Albert Duffy † (Priest: 27 May 1899 to 25 Jan 1913)
• Thomas Langdon Grace, O.P. † (Bishop: 21 Jan 1859 to 31 Jul 1884)
• James Richard Ham, M.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Oct 1980 to 30 Oct 1990)
• Patrick Richard Heffron † (Priest: 22 Dec 1884 to 4 Mar 1910)
• John Ireland † (Priest: 21 Dec 1861 to 12 Feb 1875; Coadjutor Bishop: 28 Jul 1875; Bishop: 31 Jul 1884; Archbishop: 15 May 1888 to 25 Sep 1918)
• James John Keane † (Priest: 23 Dec 1882 to 10 Jun 1902)
• John Jeremiah Lawler † (Priest: 19 Dec 1885; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Feb 1910 to 29 Jan 1916)
• John Loughlin † (Priest: 18 Oct 1840 to 19 Jun 1853)
• Raymond Alphonse Lucker † (Priest: 7 Jun 1952; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jul 1971 to 23 Dec 1975)
• James McGolrick † (Priest: 11 Jun 1867 to 15 Nov 1889)
• John Gregory Murray † (Archbishop: 29 Oct 1931 to 11 Oct 1956)
• Thomas O'Gorman † (Priest: 5 Nov 1865 to 24 Jan 1896)
• Gerald Francis O'Keefe † (Priest: 29 Jan 1944; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 May 1961 to 20 Oct 1966)
• John Robert Roach † (Priest: 18 Jun 1946; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jul 1971; Archbishop: 28 May 1975 to 8 Sep 1995)
• Francis Joseph Schenk † (Priest: 13 Jun 1926 to 10 Mar 1945)
• Alphonse James Schladweiler † (Priest: 9 Jun 1929 to 28 Nov 1957)
• James Patrick Shannon † (Priest: 8 Jun 1946; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Feb 1965 to 22 Nov 1968)
• John Stariha † (Priest: 1871 to 2 Sep 1902)
• James Trobec † (Priest: 8 Sep 1865 to 5 Jul 1897)
• Nicolas Eugene Walsh † (Priest: 6 Jun 1942 to 5 Sep 1974)
• Thomas Anthony Welch † (Priest: 11 Jun 1909 to 17 Dec 1925)
• Lawrence Harold Welsh † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Nov 1991 to 13 Jan 1999)