Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America | |||
26 November 1784 | Erected | Vicariate Apostolic of London District | Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America (erected) |
Diocese of Baltimore | |||
6 November 1789 | Erected | Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America (Name Changed and Prelature raised to a Diocese) | Diocese of Baltimore (erected) |
8 April 1808 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Baltimore | Diocese of Boston (erected) (Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont)
Diocese of Bardstown (erected) Diocese of New York (erected) (State of New York plus Sussex, Bergen, Morris, Essex, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties in New Jersey) Diocese of Philadelphia (erected) (Pennsylvania, Delaware, and 7 counties of New Jersey) |
Archdiocese of Baltimore | |||
8 April 1808 | Elevated | Diocese of Baltimore | Archdiocese of Baltimore |
11 July 1820 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Baltimore | Diocese of Charleston (erected)
Diocese of Richmond (erected) (Entire state of Virginia) |
1 December 1843 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Baltimore
Archdiocese of Québec | Vicariate Apostolic of Oregon Territory (erected) |
15 August 1858 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Baltimore | Diocese of Richmond (Alexandria) |
3 March 1868 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Baltimore
Diocese of Philadelphia | Diocese of Wilmington (erected) |
Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington | |||
22 July 1939 | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Baltimore | Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington |
Archdiocese of Baltimore | |||
15 November 1947 | Split | Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington | Archdiocese of Baltimore
Archdiocese of Washington (District of Columbia plus Montgomery, Prince George, St. Mary's, Calvert, and Charles Counties in the State of Maryland) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America | ||||||||||||
Diocese of Baltimore | ||||||||||||
Archdiocese of Baltimore | ||||||||||||
Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington | ||||||||||||
Archdiocese of Baltimore | ||||||||||||
1950 | 297,546 | 1,509,684 | 19.7% | 268 | 381 | 649 | 458 | 529 | 2,460 | 118 | ap1951 | |
1959 | 403,505 | 2,509,139 | 16.1% | 288 | 387 | 675 | 597 | 814 | 2,759 | 131 | ap1960 | |
1964 | 480,653 | 2,116,859 | 22.7% | 317 | 381 | 698 | 688 | 853 | 3,411 | 138 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 438,203 | 2,321,050 | 18.9% | 358 | 328 | 686 | 638 | 1 | 496 | 2,937 | 139 | ap1971 |
1976 | 455,564 | 2,425,530 | 18.8% | 355 | 417 | 772 | 590 | 52 | 559 | 2,120 | 148 | ap1977 |
1980 | 413,668 | 2,869,430 | 14.4% | 347 | 320 | 667 | 620 | 91 | 478 | 1,972 | 149 | ap1981 |
1990 | 449,483 | 2,534,000 | 17.7% | 286 | 366 | 652 | 689 | 174 | 471 | 1,484 | 162 | ap1991 |
1999 | 484,287 | 2,849,409 | 17.0% | 304 | 291 | 595 | 813 | 187 | 80 | 1,212 | 155 | ap2000 |
2000 | 486,607 | 2,870,150 | 17.0% | 293 | 304 | 597 | 815 | 181 | 380 | 1,233 | 164 | ap2001 |
2001 | 486,828 | 2,903,892 | 16.8% | 258 | 253 | 511 | 952 | 167 | 325 | 1,160 | 162 | ap2002 |
2002 | 497,424 | 2,944,407 | 16.9% | 254 | 260 | 514 | 967 | 159 | 333 | 1,190 | 162 | ap2003 |
2003 | 500,179 | 2,972,083 | 16.8% | 263 | 234 | 497 | 1,006 | 171 | 315 | 1,131 | 154 | ap2004 |
2004 | 506,587 | 3,006,607 | 16.8% | 309 | 265 | 574 | 882 | 183 | 338 | 1,088 | 152 | ap2005 |
2006 | 517,679 | 3,055,407 | 16.9% | 285 | 260 | 545 | 949 | 178 | 333 | 1,047 | 151 | ap2007 |
2010 | 499,529 | 3,119,000 | 16.0% | 297 | 246 | 543 | 919 | 158 | 315 | 934 | 153 | ap2011 |
2012 | 510,328 | 3,148,690 | 16.2% | 284 | 227 | 511 | 998 | 168 | 296 | 860 | 146 | ap2013 |
2015 | 509,491 | 3,216,626 | 15.8% | 274 | 248 | 522 | 976 | 173 | 312 | 762 | 144 | ap2016 |
2018 | 517,015 | 3,250,032 | 15.9% | 225 | 228 | 453 | 1,141 | 187 | 293 | 672 | 140 | ap2019 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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