Catholic-Hierarchy DC

Diocese of Yakima

Dioecesis Yakimensis



Show: All | General Information | Ordinaries | Historical Summary | Statistics | Affiliated Bishops, Living | Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Bishop(s)

  • Joseph Jude Tyson, Bishop
  • Carlos Arthur Sevilla, S.J., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 23 June 1951
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Seattle
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Washington
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 46,051 (17,787 Square Miles)
  • Description: Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, and Yakima
  • Conference Region: XII (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: YAK
  • Official Web Site: https://yakimadiocese.org
  • Mailing Address: Pastoral Office, 5301-A Tieton Dr., Yakima, WA 98908, USA
  • Telephone: (509)965-7117
  • Fax: 966-8334

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
23 June 1951ErectedDiocese of Seattle (Chelan, Kittitas, Klickitat, and Yakima)
Diocese of Spokane (Douglas, Grant, and Benton)
Diocese of Yakima (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196648,694360,58113.5%75479616410838ap1967
197050,1006346774747838ap1971*
197654,135360,90015.0%5866484566539ap1977
198056,500389,00014.5%561672784166139ap1981
199058,300461,60012.6%438511,1431795040ap1991
199966,819461,60014.5%6311749022535541ap2000
200063,066461,60013.7%56116794125175341ap2001
200162,587461,60013.6%54116596224195541ap2002
200269,611461,60015.1%5212641,08723194741ap2003
200365,323461,60014.2%5211631,03623154641ap2004
200468,561600,05511.4%5012621,10523155041ap2005
201079,317649,84012.2%7478197926103349ap2011
201474,481681,55610.9%543571,3064252741ap2015
2017179,033712,87125.1%553583,0864152441ap2018
2020172,080730,79023.5%532553,1283921841ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 43, Page 716, to Page 718

============

Home | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

============

About Catholic-Hierarchy
Terminology/Site Help
[ Comments/Corrections ] Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2023
Code: web_d, v3.4.4, 25 Feb 2023; Data: 2 Oct 2023