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Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Archidioecesis Paulopolitana et Minneapolitana



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Bishop(s)

  • Bernard Anthony Hebda, Archbishop
  • Michael John Izen, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Joseph Andrew Williams, Auxiliary Bishop
  • John Clayton Nienstedt, Archbishop Emeritus
  • Lee Anthony Piché, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Name Changed: 11 July 1966
  • Metropolitan See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Minnesota
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 14,488 (5,595 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: VIII (MN, ND, SD)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: STP
  • Official Web Site: http://www.archspm.org/
  • Mailing Address: 777 Forest Street, Saint Paul, MN 55106-3857, USA
  • Telephone: (651)291-4400
  • Fax: 290-1629

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Saint Paul
19 July 1850ErectedDiocese of Dubuque
Diocese of Milwaukee
Diocese of Saint Paul (erected) (State of Minnesota)
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)
12 February 1875Territory LostDiocese of Saint Paul Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Minnesota (erected) (Northern part of Minnesota and part of Dakota)
12 August 1879Territory LostDiocese of Saint Paul Vicariate Apostolic of Dakota (erected)
Archdiocese of Saint Paul
4 May 1888ElevatedDiocese of Saint Paul Archdiocese of Saint Paul
26 November 1889Territory LostArchdiocese of Saint Paul Diocese of Winona (erected)
31 December 1909Territory LostArchdiocese 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 1957Territory LostArchdiocese of Saint Paul (Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley, Swift, and Yellow Medicine) Diocese of New Ulm (erected)
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
11 July 1966Name ChangedArchdiocese of Saint Paul Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Saint Paul
1950335,8801,406,36523.9%475825576031311,976309ap1951
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
1966508,4291,660,58030.6%4611786397954662,347224ap1967
1968525,4271,660,58031.6%4191465659293991,951203ap1971
1976517,8132,017,22525.7%3891675569312651,103214ap1977
1980554,6622,073,00026.8%377187564983412741,642217ap1981
1990642,3832,450,45926.2%3791495281,2161232241,434224ap1991
1999752,3252,757,98927.3%3451555001,504174531,090222ap2000
2000759,6622,792,06427.2%3701585281,4381712081,094222ap2001
2001769,1352,831,93127.2%3861605461,4081732121,090222ap2002
2002785,5842,899,36127.1%3491705191,513190215968222ap2003
2003786,1492,940,38226.7%3741725461,439207219936221ap2004
2004730,9892,949,64324.8%3471284751,538195193991220ap2005
2010825,0003,177,20726.0%328934211,959193139712216ap2011
2012839,0003,231,00026.0%360844441,889214142635200ap2013
2014851,0003,238,83226.3%321733942,159182141580188ap2015
2016863,0473,308,69226.1%365774421,952181146547187ap2017
2017870,4903,337,21926.1%372904621,884197165550187ap2018
2020899,1603,447,13926.1%346774232,125192150433186ap2021
2022914,0003,504,41526.1%340784182,186186141444186ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Saint Paul
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 174
  • Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 664, and Page 665
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