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Diocese of New Ulm

Dioecesis Novae Ulmae



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Bishop(s)

  • Chad William Zielinski, Bishop
  • John Marvin LeVoir, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 18 November 1957
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Minnesota
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 25,535 (9,862 Square Miles)
  • Description: Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley, Swift, and Yellow Medicine
  • Conference Region: VIII (MN, ND, SD)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: NU
  • Official Web Site: https://www.dnu.org
  • Mailing Address: 1421 Sixth St. North, New Ulm, MN 56073, USA
  • Telephone: (507)359-2966
  • Fax: 354-0268

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
18 November 1957ErectedArchdiocese of Saint Paul (Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley, Swift, and Yellow Medicine) Diocese of New Ulm (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196671,172286,71124.8%130113154329497ap1967
197072,061295,82724.4%12012060097ap1971
197674,293279,05426.6%11431176341316895ap1977
198072,337281,00025.7%9891076761917894ap1981
199069,159286,60024.1%73376909449991ap1991
199969,840278,78025.1%8919077628681ap2000
200071,908280,80725.6%601611,178128282ap2001
200170,835281,06525.2%614651,089158582ap2002
200270,039286,61724.4%612631,111258582ap2003
200370,039287,09024.4%611621,129328582ap2004
200469,503285,06124.4%551561,241416882ap2005
201370,500299,00023.6%47471,500145776ap2014
201656,090280,24320.0%47471,193164375ap2017
201951,838280,17818.5%44441,178203669ap2020
202149,530279,68117.7%431441,1251912261ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 50, Page 351, to Page 353

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