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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Paderborn | |||
799 | Erected | Diocese of Paderborn (erected) | |
6 August 1793 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Paderborn | Diocese of Corvey (erected) |
16 August 1821 | Territory Added | Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions | Diocese of Osnabrück
Diocese of Paderborn Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau) |
16 August 1821 | Territory Added | Diocese of Corvey (suppressed) | Diocese of Paderborn |
3 June 1920 | Territory Added | Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne} (Schulte-Kemna family estates) | Diocese of Paderborn |
1 March 1921 | Territory Added | Vicariate Apostolic of Anhalt (suppressed) | Diocese of Paderborn |
Archdiocese of Paderborn | |||
3 February 1921 | Territory Added | Diocese of Münster (Wenceslaus Havelt Estates) | Archdiocese of Paderborn |
13 August 1930 | Elevated | Diocese of Paderborn | Archdiocese of Paderborn |
13 August 1930 | Territory Added | Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale} (suppressed) | Diocese of Osnabrück
Archdiocese of Paderborn |
27 November 1931 | Territory Added | Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne} (Auf dem Dümpel, Piene, Strasse, and Neuenschmiede) | Archdiocese of Paderborn |
27 November 1931 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Paderborn (Berg, Bieber, Clemens, and Stracke) | Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne} |
2 January 1932 | Territory Added | Diocese of Fulda (Towns of Borussici, Höringhausen, Eimelrod, Hemmighausen, and Deisfeld) | Archdiocese of Paderborn |
22 April 1932 | Territory Added | Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne} (Eiberg in Essen) | Archdiocese of Paderborn |
24 March 1933 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Paderborn (Rönsahl) | Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne} |
6 June 1936 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Paderborn (Gennebreck) | Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne} |
1 April 1939 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Paderborn (Part of B. Mary Assumption into Heaven in Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen) | Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne} |
14 March 1942 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Paderborn (Hesslingen and Hehlingen) | Diocese of Hildesheim |
14 March 1942 | Territory Added | Diocese of Hildesheim (Calvoerde) | Archdiocese of Paderborn |
23 February 1957 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Diocese of Münster Archdiocese of Paderborn | Diocese of Essen (erected) (Bochum, Bottrop, Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Gladbeck, Lüdenscheid, and Mülhein (in Ruhr), Oberhausen, Wattenscheid; rural districts of Altena and Ennepe-Ruhrkreis (except Her decke and Wetter)) |
23 July 1973 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Paderborn | Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg (erected) |
7 December 2006 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Paderborn (St. Teresa of Jesus Infante (in Evingsen)) | Diocese of Essen |
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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Archdiocese of Paderborn | ||||||||||||
1950 | 2,345,344 | 9,382,323 | 25.0% | 1,454 | 464 | 1,918 | 1,222 | 652 | 6,955 | 605 | ap1951 | |
1970 | 2,339,211 | 8,823,432 | 26.5% | 1,862 | 415 | 2,277 | 1,027 | 438 | 4,700 | 647 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 2,024,500 | 5,200,000 | 38.9% | 1,262 | 362 | 1,624 | 1,246 | 18 | 463 | 4,173 | 548 | ap1981 |
1990 | 1,869,420 | 4,661,000 | 40.1% | 1,197 | 279 | 1,476 | 1,266 | 71 | 374 | 3,483 | 567 | ap1991 |
1999 | 1,829,855 | 5,106,044 | 35.8% | 1,155 | 137 | 1,292 | 1,416 | 104 | 201 | 2,601 | 568 | ap2000 |
2000 | 1,816,330 | 5,109,410 | 35.5% | 1,139 | 161 | 1,300 | 1,397 | 113 | 227 | 2,478 | 570 | ap2001 |
2001 | 1,796,591 | 5,115,821 | 35.1% | 1,135 | 92 | 1,227 | 1,464 | 111 | 156 | 2,253 | 570 | ap2002 |
2002 | 1,786,330 | 4,934,408 | 36.2% | 1,126 | 84 | 1,210 | 1,476 | 116 | 147 | 2,269 | 571 | ap2003 |
2003 | 1,771,660 | 4,900,000 | 36.2% | 1,110 | 81 | 1,191 | 1,487 | 129 | 137 | 2,272 | 571 | ap2004 |
2004 | 1,757,474 | 4,900,000 | 35.9% | 1,074 | 78 | 1,152 | 1,525 | 129 | 127 | 2,173 | 571 | ap2005 |
2013 | 1,596,405 | 4,856,342 | 32.9% | 926 | 111 | 1,037 | 1,539 | 172 | 162 | 1,548 | 559 | ap2014 |
2016 | 1,549,230 | 4,785,898 | 32.4% | 854 | 86 | 940 | 1,648 | 182 | 127 | 1,343 | 524 | ap2017 |
2019 | 1,491,856 | 4,828,545 | 30.9% | 790 | 82 | 872 | 1,710 | 176 | 115 | 1,146 | 484 | ap2020 |
2021 | 1,495,125 | 4,849,150 | 30.8% | 732 | 50 | 782 | 1,911 | 128 | 82 | 1,098 | 458 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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