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Diocese of Marquette

Dioecesis Marquettensis



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Bishop(s)

  • John Francis Doerfler, Bishop
  • James Henry Garland, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 3 January 1937
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Detroit
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Michigan
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 42,416 (16,383 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: VI (OH, MI)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: MAR
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseofmarquette.org/
  • Mailing Address: 1004 Harbor Hills Drive, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
  • Telephone: (906)227-9115
  • Fax: 225-0437

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Michigan
29 July 1853ErectedDiocese of Detroit Vicariate Apostolic of Upper Michigan (erected) (Upper peninsula of Michigan and the adjacent islands)
Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie
9 January 1857ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Upper Michigan Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese)
Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette
23 October 1865Name ChangedDiocese of Sault Sainte Marie Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette
12 February 1875Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Green Bay (from Saint Louis to Milwaukee)
Diocese of La Crosse (from Saint Louis to Milwaukee)
Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette (from Saint Louis to Milwaukee)
Diocese of Saint Paul (from Saint Louis to Milwaukee)
Diocese of Marquette
3 January 1937Name ChangedDiocese of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette Diocese of Marquette
22 May 1937Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Marquette (from Milwaukee)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Marquette
195091,034323,54428.1%146251715321331992ap1951
1966106,798307,10534.8%159221815902832996ap1967
1970107,486297,00036.2%137171546972225293ap1971
197696,644304,34731.8%121171387001720187ap1977
198098,528316,00031.2%117171347351715689ap1981
199075,298309,40024.3%112101226177109892ap1991
199972,552319,70022.7%10312115630216474ap2000
200065,497309,00021.2%961110761221116374ap2001
200170,237309,00022.7%941310765622135974ap2002
200270,200317,61622.1%931010368125106174ap2003
200369,500317,61621.9%921110367427115874ap2004
200468,360317,61621.5%881210068328125874ap2005
201368,700323,00021.3%836897714864272ap2014
201675,149311,36124.1%735789634354472ap2017
201966,001302,07721.8%725778573853274ap2020
202164,175299,94221.4%705758553853673ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 173
  • Diocese of Marquette
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 29, Page 391, to Page 393
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