Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Alabama and the Floridas | |||
29 August 1825 | Erected | Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans) | Vicariate Apostolic of Alabama and the Floridas (erected) |
Diocese of Mobile | |||
15 May 1829 | Erected | Vicariate Apostolic of Alabama and the Floridas | Diocese of Mobile (erected) (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) |
3 July 1850 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Charleston
Diocese of Mobile | Diocese of Savannah (erected) |
19 July 1850 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Mobile (from Baltimore to New Orleans) | |
Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham | |||
30 April 1954 | Name Changed | Diocese of Mobile | Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham |
28 June 1969 | Split | Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham | Diocese of Birmingham
Diocese of Mobile |
Diocese of Mobile | |||
28 June 1969 | Split | Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham | Diocese of Birmingham
Diocese of Mobile |
1 October 1975 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Mobile
Diocese of Saint Augustine | Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee (erected) |
Archdiocese of Mobile | |||
29 July 1980 | Elevated | Diocese of Mobile | Archdiocese of Mobile |
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 Mobile | ||||||||||||
1950 | 70,739 | 3,048,891 | 2.3% | 124 | 178 | 302 | 234 | 192 | 630 | 101 | ap1951 | |
Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham | ||||||||||||
1966 | 131,864 | 4,402,371 | 3.0% | 198 | 216 | 414 | 318 | 340 | 829 | 141 | ap1967 | |
Diocese of Mobile | ||||||||||||
1970 | 42,518 | 1,229,131 | 3.5% | 70 | 83 | 153 | 277 | 114 | 359 | 66 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 48,353 | 1,229,131 | 3.9% | 78 | 91 | 169 | 286 | 117 | 286 | 71 | ap1977 | |
Archdiocese of Mobile | ||||||||||||
1980 | 54,839 | 1,370,000 | 4.0% | 84 | 78 | 162 | 338 | 15 | 118 | 273 | 73 | ap1981 |
1990 | 66,119 | 1,526,100 | 4.3% | 89 | 57 | 146 | 452 | 22 | 70 | 243 | 93 | ap1991 |
1999 | 66,013 | 1,452,506 | 4.5% | 107 | 40 | 147 | 449 | 41 | 16 | 201 | 76 | ap2000 |
2000 | 69,214 | 1,452,508 | 4.8% | 82 | 44 | 126 | 549 | 39 | 56 | 196 | 83 | ap2001 |
2001 | 66,325 | 1,600,020 | 4.1% | 98 | 41 | 139 | 477 | 37 | 53 | 181 | 76 | ap2002 |
2002 | 68,582 | 1,640,683 | 4.2% | 95 | 35 | 130 | 527 | 37 | 46 | 179 | 76 | ap2003 |
2003 | 64,821 | 1,640,683 | 4.0% | 97 | 34 | 131 | 494 | 63 | 46 | 170 | 76 | ap2004 |
2004 | 65,588 | 1,652,398 | 4.0% | 101 | 32 | 133 | 493 | 61 | 42 | 156 | 76 | ap2005 |
2013 | 67,488 | 1,772,873 | 3.8% | 88 | 31 | 119 | 567 | 49 | 41 | 107 | 76 | ap2014 |
2016 | 77,679 | 1,793,639 | 4.3% | 85 | 33 | 118 | 658 | 63 | 40 | 95 | 75 | ap2017 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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