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Diocese of Duluth

Dioecesis Duluthensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Daniel John Felton, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 3 October 1889
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Minnesota
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 32,000 (12,360 Square Miles)
  • Description: Comprises 10 counties in Minnesota: Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Pine and St. Louis.
  • Conference Region: VIII (MN, ND, SD)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: DUL
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseduluth.org/
  • Mailing Address: 2830 E. 4th St., Duluth, MN 55812, USA
  • Telephone: (218)724-9111
  • Fax: 724-2221

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3 October 1889ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Northern Minnesota Diocese of Duluth (erected)
31 December 1909Territory LostDiocese of Duluth (Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Marshall, Mahnomen, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Rosseau Counties.) Diocese of Crookston (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195089,646372,49524.1%94291237281046974ap1951
1966104,791410,81525.5%115421576678471124ap1967
197098,354410,81523.9%92921,069239786ap1971
197693,107406,80022.9%85361217693834482ap1977
1980101,487421,40024.1%903312382534334130ap1981
199082,820407,00020.3%82211038041121211100ap1991
199981,560417,12519.6%83149784024117594ap2000
200079,074415,69019.0%831295832231316990ap2001
200178,235475,00016.5%701282954251416590ap2002
200271,531430,85216.6%701080894301216193ap2003
200371,853430,90016.7%711081887331216093ap2004
200470,950431,00016.5%71980886331015593ap2005
200672,600438,00016.6%671380907331313093ap2007
201356,417446,95612.6%769856635199791ap2014
201653,046447,56811.9%713747165738274ap2017
201947,414447,89610.6%711726586415973ap2020
202144,642448,7039.9%662686566225171ap2022

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


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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

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