Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Chicago | |||
28 November 1843 | Erected | Diocese of Saint Louis
Diocese of Vincennes | Diocese of Chicago (erected) (State of Illinois) |
29 July 1853 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chicago | Diocese of Quincy (erected) |
12 February 1875 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chicago | Diocese of Peoria (erected) |
Archdiocese of Chicago | |||
10 September 1880 | Elevated | Diocese of Chicago | Archdiocese of Chicago |
27 September 1908 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Chicago | Diocese of Rockford (erected) |
11 December 1948 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Chicago
Diocese of Peoria Diocese of Rockford | Diocese of Joliet in Illinois (erected) |
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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Archdiocese of Chicago | ||||||||||||
1950 | 1,706,000 | 4,276,000 | 39.9% | 1,199 | 994 | 2,193 | 777 | 994 | 387 | 393 | ap1951 | |
1959 | 2,027,243 | 4,687,889 | 43.2% | 1,240 | 1,462 | 2,702 | 750 | 1,867 | 8,603 | 439 | ap1960 | |
1966 | 2,340,000 | 5,717,800 | 40.9% | 1,344 | 1,582 | 2,926 | 799 | 2,231 | 9,606 | 453 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 2,424,591 | 5,757,000 | 42.1% | 1,549 | 1,135 | 2,684 | 903 | 1,460 | 8,331 | 461 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 2,420,950 | 5,936,200 | 40.8% | 1,313 | 1,136 | 2,449 | 988 | 228 | 1,689 | 5,847 | 452 | ap1977 |
1980 | 2,406,728 | 5,750,405 | 41.9% | 1,213 | 1,150 | 2,363 | 1,018 | 400 | 1,740 | 5,040 | 449 | ap1981 |
1990 | 2,350,000 | 5,779,000 | 40.7% | 1,196 | 977 | 2,173 | 1,081 | 537 | 1,542 | 4,561 | 416 | ap1991 |
1999 | 2,358,000 | 5,682,000 | 41.5% | 928 | 799 | 1,727 | 1,365 | 612 | 366 | 3,176 | 378 | ap2000 |
2000 | 2,384,000 | 5,676,000 | 42.0% | 908 | 800 | 1,708 | 1,395 | 611 | 1,316 | 3,223 | 378 | ap2001 |
2001 | 2,394,000 | 5,803,000 | 41.3% | 876 | 817 | 1,693 | 1,414 | 618 | 1,333 | 3,340 | 378 | ap2002 |
2002 | 2,442,000 | 6,052,000 | 40.4% | 870 | 918 | 1,788 | 1,365 | 621 | 1,423 | 2,967 | 378 | ap2003 |
2003 | 6,047,000 | .0% | 851 | 886 | 1,737 | 0 | 624 | 1,410 | 2,806 | 374 | ap2004* | |
2004 | 2,442,000 | 6,104,000 | 40.0% | 944 | 837 | 1,781 | 1,371 | 632 | 1,335 | 2,618 | 373 | ap2005 |
2006 | 2,348,000 | 6,021,000 | 39.0% | 895 | 787 | 1,682 | 1,395 | 632 | 1,272 | 2,397 | 366 | ap2007 |
2009 | 2,364,000 | 6,062,000 | 39.0% | 909 | 789 | 1,698 | 1,392 | 646 | 1,186 | 2,067 | 359 | ap2010 |
2010 | 2,383,000 | 6,111,000 | 39.0% | 905 | 787 | 1,692 | 1,408 | 643 | 1,162 | 1,966 | 357 | ap2011 |
2013 | 2,438,000 | 6,251,000 | 39.0% | 862 | 697 | 1,559 | 1,563 | 660 | 1,048 | 1,739 | 356 | ap2014 |
2016 | 2,497,000 | 6,390,000 | 39.1% | 914 | 623 | 1,537 | 1,624 | 652 | 962 | 1,536 | 351 | ap2017 |
2019 | 2,183,000 | 5,900,365 | 37.0% | 867 | 531 | 1,398 | 1,561 | 653 | 804 | 1,296 | 336 | ap2020 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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