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Archdiocese of Las Vegas

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Bishop(s)

  • George Leo Thomas, Archbishop
  • Gregory William Gordon, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Joseph Anthony Pepe, Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 30 May 2023
  • Metropolitan See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Nevada
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 103,189 (39,856 Square Miles)
  • Description: White Pine, Esmeralda, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark counties
  • Conference Region: XIII (AZ, CO, NV, NM, UT, WY)
  • Official Web Site: https://lvcatholic.org
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 336 Cathedral Way, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA
  • Telephone: (702)735-9605
  • Fax: 735-8941

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Las Vegas
21 March 1995ErectedDiocese of Reno-Las Vegas (Clark, Lincoln, White Pine, Nye, and Esmeralda) Diocese of Las Vegas (erected)
Archdiocese of Las Vegas
30 May 2023ElevatedDiocese of Las Vegas Archdiocese of Las Vegas

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Las Vegas
1999390,0001,300,00030.0%3217497,959754224ap2000
2000405,0001,350,00030.0%5720775,25910242824ap2001
2001448,0001,400,00032.0%5815736,1368182523ap2002
2002464,1641,478,23031.4%6024845,5258282523ap2003
2003494,3531,594,69031.0%5823816,1036272224ap2004
2004544,5191,650,05933.0%6420846,4828242525ap2005
2013732,0001,984,00036.9%5818769,63133211629ap2014
2016747,2362,100,71935.6%6618848,89540222129ap2017
2019574,0001,960,00029.3%37104712,21226111430ap2020
2021580,8501,981,00029.3%3527629,36837321330ap2022
Archdiocese of Las Vegas

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Las Vegas
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 87, Page 677, to Page 679
  • Archdiocese of Las Vegas
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 115, Page 623, and Page 624

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