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Diocese of Colorado Springs

Dioecesis Coloratensium Fontium



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 10 November 1983
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Denver
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Colorado
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 40,285 (15,560 Square Miles)
  • Description: Comprises the Counties of Chaffee, Cheyenne, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Kit Carson, Lake, Lincoln, Park and Teller.
  • Conference Region: XIII (AZ, CO, NV, NM, UT, WY)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: COS
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocs.org/
  • Mailing Address: 228 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USA
  • Telephone: (719)636-2345
  • Fax: 866-6488

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
10 November 1983ErectedArchdiocese of Denver (Cheyenne, Douglas, Elbert, EI Paso, Kit Carson, Lake, Lincoln, Park, and Teller)
Diocese of Pueblo (Chaffee)
Diocese of Colorado Springs (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199063,782503,04112.7%2925541,181154120428ap1991
199981,515702,80811.6%3421551,48218314031ap2000
200082,227722,67211.4%3922611,347202414031ap2001
2001130,438749,35517.4%3722592,210252413032ap2002
2002120,000785,00015.3%4024641,875262612534ap2003
2003125,000785,00015.9%4228701,785283012541ap2004
2004136,814855,08816.0%4229711,926283212534ap2005
2006166,602876,85419.0%4128692,414263111038ap2007
2013178,000928,00019.2%5516712,50754289839ap2014
2016173,3211,083,25916.0%5824822,11354398539ap2017
2019187,6451,172,89016.0%5220722,60665227639ap2020
2021198,7001,185,63116.8%5520752,64982327039ap2022

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 76, Page 253, and Page 254

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