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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Dallas | |||
15 July 1890 | Erected | Diocese of Galveston | Diocese of Dallas (erected) |
1891 | Territory Added | Vicariate Apostolic of Arizona (El Paso County in Texas) | Diocese of Dallas |
1892 | Territory Added | Diocese of Dallas (Counties of El Paso, Hudspeth, and Culberson) | |
3 March 1914 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Dallas (El Paso and Gulberson)
Diocese of San Antonio (St. Anthony (Presidio), Jeff Davis, Reeves, Brewster, Terrell, Pecos, Grane, Ward, Loving, Winkler, Ector, Andrews, and Gaines) Diocese of Tucson (Grant, Luna, Doña Ana, Otero, Eddy, and part of Sierra) | Diocese of El Paso (erected) |
3 August 1926 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Dallas (Dollam, Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hartley, Moore, Hutchison, Roberts, Hemphill, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler, Deaf Smith, Randall, Armstrong, Donley, Collingsworth, Parmer, Castro, Swisher, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Bailey, Lamb,...)
Diocese of El Paso (Gaines, Andrews, Ector, and Crane) Diocese of San Antonio (Martin, Howard, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling, Upton, Reagan, Irion, Tom Green, Concho, Crockett, Schleicher, Menard, Sutton, Kimble, one-half of Mitchell and Coke, and one-eighth of Runnels) | Diocese of Amarillo (erected) |
15 November 1947 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Dallas (Coleman, Brown, Mills, and Hamilton)
Diocese of Galveston (Lampasas, Coryeli, McLenan, Limestone, Bell, Falls, Robertson, Williamson, Milam, Brazos, Lee, Burleson, Washington, Austin along with parts of Burnet, Colorado, Fayette, Bastrop, and Travis) Archdiocese of San Antonio (McCulloch, St. Saba, Mason, Llano, Blanco, Rays, and Caldwell along with parts of Burnet, Trams, and Bastrop) | Diocese of Austin (erected) |
Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth | |||
20 October 1953 | Name Changed | Diocese of Dallas | Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth |
16 October 1961 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Amarillo (Counties of Kimble, Sutton, Crockett, Schleicher, Concho, Menard, Tom Green, Irion, Reagan, Upton, Crane, Ector, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling, Coke, Nolan, Mitchell, Howard, Martin, Andrews, Scurry, Fisher, and Stonewall)
Diocese of Austin (Counties of McCulloch, Brown, and Coleman) Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth (Counties of Runnels, Callhan, Taylor, Jones, and Haskell) Diocese of El Paso (Counties of Pecos and Terrei) | Diocese of San Angelo (erected) |
Diocese of Dallas | |||
9 August 1969 | Split | Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth | Diocese of Dallas
Diocese of Fort Worth (Archer, Baylor, Bosque, Clay, Comanche, Cooke, Dentón, Eastland Erath, Foard, Hardeman, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Knox, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shakelford, Stephens, Somervell, Tarrant, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, and Young) |
12 December 1986 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Beaumont (Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby)
Diocese of Dallas (Bowie, Camp, Gass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins. Iamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood) Diocese of Galveston-Houston (Anderson, Freestone, Houston, Leon, and Trinity) | Diocese of Tyler (erected) |
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 Dallas | ||||||||||||
1950 | 67,069 | 2,800,000 | 2.4% | 81 | 74 | 155 | 432 | 37 | 555 | 139 | ap1951 | |
Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth | ||||||||||||
1966 | 157,500 | 3,150,000 | 5.0% | 145 | 156 | 301 | 523 | 94 | ap1967 | |||
Diocese of Dallas | ||||||||||||
1970 | 108,986 | 2,139,900 | 5.1% | 84 | 106 | 190 | 573 | 121 | 481 | 53 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 123,453 | 2,487,100 | 5.0% | 93 | 115 | 208 | 593 | 26 | 127 | 376 | 56 | ap1977 |
1980 | 165,483 | 2,778,656 | 6.0% | 94 | 104 | 198 | 835 | 100 | 104 | 355 | 61 | ap1981 |
1990 | 212,264 | 2,532,627 | 8.4% | 104 | 74 | 178 | 1,192 | 93 | 74 | 201 | 63 | ap1991 |
1999 | 555,172 | 2,971,699 | 18.7% | 100 | 84 | 184 | 3,017 | 139 | 6 | 158 | 65 | ap2000 |
2000 | 605,457 | 2,990,703 | 20.2% | 121 | 77 | 198 | 3,057 | 137 | 97 | 166 | 72 | ap2001 |
2001 | 630,156 | 2,979,840 | 21.1% | 125 | 72 | 197 | 3,198 | 154 | 81 | 153 | 65 | ap2002 |
2002 | 843,167 | 3,200,064 | 26.3% | 125 | 75 | 200 | 4,215 | 152 | 99 | 155 | 70 | ap2003 |
2003 | 854,181 | 3,247,837 | 26.3% | 97 | 74 | 171 | 4,995 | 162 | 83 | 146 | 67 | ap2004 |
2004 | 930,352 | 3,371,300 | 27.6% | 122 | 76 | 198 | 4,698 | 145 | 96 | 146 | 67 | ap2005 |
2006 | 955,298 | 3,473,568 | 27.5% | 122 | 75 | 197 | 4,849 | 152 | 98 | 127 | 67 | ap2007 |
2013 | 1,165,582 | 3,847,430 | 30.3% | 129 | 84 | 213 | 5,472 | 144 | 101 | 104 | 74 | ap2014 |
2015 | 1,258,656 | 3,975,996 | 31.7% | 136 | 82 | 218 | 5,773 | 179 | 94 | 94 | 74 | ap2016 |
2016 | 1,320,737 | 4,056,215 | 32.6% | 132 | 80 | 212 | 6,229 | 177 | 93 | 91 | 74 | ap2017 |
2019 | 1,392,000 | 4,054,985 | 34.3% | 137 | 92 | 229 | 6,078 | 170 | 113 | 95 | 69 | ap2020 |
2021 | 1,321,189 | 4,416,574 | 29.9% | 146 | 84 | 230 | 5,744 | 177 | 108 | 66 | 69 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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