Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Bardstown | |||
8 April 1808 | Erected | 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) |
19 June 1821 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bardstown | Diocese of Cincinnati (erected) |
6 May 1834 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bardstown | Diocese of Vincennes (erected) (Indiana and the eastern portion of Illinois) |
28 July 1837 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Bardstown | Diocese of Nashville (erected) (State of Tennessee) |
Diocese of Louisville | |||
13 February 1841 | Name Changed | Diocese of Bardstown | Diocese of Louisville |
29 July 1853 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Louisville | Diocese of Covington (erected) |
9 December 1937 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Louisville | Diocese of Owensboro (erected) |
Archdiocese of Louisville | |||
10 December 1937 | Elevated | Diocese of Louisville | Archdiocese of Louisville |
14 January 1988 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Covington
Archdiocese of Louisville | Diocese of Lexington (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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Diocese of Louisville | ||||||||||||
1910 | 135,421 | 142 | 62 | 204 | 663 | ce | ||||||
Archdiocese of Louisville | ||||||||||||
1950 | 132,050 | 905,078 | 14.6% | 168 | 133 | 301 | 438 | 246 | 420 | 110 | ap1951 | |
1965 | 196,271 | 1,097,104 | 17.9% | 280 | 186 | 466 | 421 | 377 | 1,526 | 137 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 196,537 | 1,097,104 | 17.9% | 259 | 159 | 418 | 470 | 303 | 1,482 | 123 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 196,505 | 1,223,700 | 16.1% | 255 | 113 | 368 | 533 | 261 | 1,542 | 124 | ap1977 | |
1980 | 210,154 | 1,320,000 | 15.9% | 248 | 110 | 358 | 587 | 44 | 232 | 1,462 | 126 | ap1981 |
1990 | 196,734 | 1,156,000 | 17.0% | 206 | 73 | 279 | 705 | 82 | 167 | 1,281 | 126 | ap1991 |
1999 | 178,420 | 1,139,022 | 15.7% | 185 | 59 | 244 | 731 | 96 | 83 | 1,026 | 113 | ap2000 |
2000 | 196,929 | 1,206,280 | 16.3% | 176 | 64 | 240 | 820 | 107 | 152 | 953 | 112 | ap2001 |
2001 | 196,910 | 1,215,069 | 16.2% | 172 | 66 | 238 | 827 | 108 | 150 | 987 | 112 | ap2002 |
2002 | 197,283 | 1,220,070 | 16.2% | 170 | 65 | 235 | 839 | 106 | 146 | 941 | 111 | ap2003 |
2003 | 197,285 | 1,220,070 | 16.2% | 171 | 59 | 230 | 857 | 111 | 138 | 944 | 111 | ap2004 |
2004 | 196,888 | 1,119,465 | 17.6% | 159 | 58 | 217 | 907 | 110 | 137 | 870 | 111 | ap2005 |
2006 | 210,000 | 1,190,000 | 17.6% | 144 | 61 | 205 | 1,024 | 104 | 133 | 796 | 112 | ap2007 |
2010 | 218,000 | 1,234,000 | 17.7% | 136 | 56 | 192 | 1,135 | 119 | 117 | 697 | 102 | ap2011 |
2013 | 224,600 | 1,368,911 | 16.4% | 133 | 50 | 183 | 1,227 | 140 | 106 | 580 | 102 | ap2014 |
2016 | 280,000 | 1,389,465 | 20.2% | 139 | 41 | 180 | 1,555 | 130 | 87 | 494 | 111 | ap2017 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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