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Diocese of Richmond

Dioecesis Richmondiensis



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General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
11 July 1820ErectedArchdiocese of Baltimore Diocese of Charleston (erected) (North and South Carolina and Georgia)
Diocese of Richmond (erected) (Entire state of Virginia)
19 July 1850Territory LostDiocese of Richmond Diocese of Wheeling (erected) (Virginia west of the Allegheny Mountains and West of Maryland)
15 August 1858Territory AddedArchdiocese of Baltimore Diocese of Richmond (Alexandria)
28 May 1974Territory LostDiocese of Richmond (Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, King George, Lancaster, Loudon, Madison, Northumberland, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock, Richmond, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren, and Westmoreland) Diocese of Arlington (erected)
28 May 1974Territory AddedDiocese of Wheeling (area in Virginia) Diocese of Richmond
28 May 1974Territory AddedDiocese of Wilmington (Accomack and Northampton Counties) Diocese of Richmond
28 May 1974Territory LostDiocese of Richmond (area in West Virginia) Diocese of Wheeling

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195080,6102,950,0002.7%1289222036611651283ap1951
1965217,8404,074,3595.3%182182364598203860166ap1967
1970263,5144,742,9255.6%190193383688237853123ap1971
1976109,3333,509,1073.1%1259922448811142590ap1977
1980111,0113,685,7203.0%15184235472193414100ap1981
1990141,2615,168,0002.7%170482186471059369143ap1991
1999191,0514,507,8194.2%16441205931246210142ap2000
2000196,7014,519,4654.4%158381961,0032645210144ap2001
2001200,3424,555,1394.4%164362001,0012744198147ap2002
2002208,0084,674,9754.4%165362011,0343447187147ap2003
2003213,5284,727,6384.5%158361941,1008247187148ap2004
2004212,1894,727,6304.5%165382031,0458351193148ap2005
2010233,0004,942,1004.7%164301941,2018543205151ap2011
2014241,0005,600,0004.3%189302191,10013637166149ap2015
2016244,7005,680,0004.3%183302131,14811537139142ap2017
20175,118,519.0%19419213014027180142ap2018*
2020259,9715,242,0665.0%182121941,34016518166138ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 170
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 66, Page 455, to Page 457

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