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Diocese of Des Moines

Dioecesis Desmoinensis



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Bishop(s)

  • William Michael Joensen, Bishop
  • Joseph Leo Charron, C.Pp.S., Bishop Emeritus
  • Richard Edmund Pates, Bishop Emeritus

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
12 August 1911ErectedDiocese of Davenport (Harrison, Polk, Warren, Clarke, Binggold, Shelby, Gass, Mills, Lucas, Decatur, Audubon, Pottawattamie, Montgomery, Fremont, Wayne, Guthrie, Adair, Adams, Page, Dallas, Madison, Union, and Taylor) Diocese of Des Moines (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195048,053598,5518.0%113211343583332267ap1951
196678,576630,89012.5%1409149527632395ap1967
197080,530631,11112.8%1258133605925170ap1971
197678,813626,00012.6%119712662515721088ap1977
198080,427634,00012.7%121312464816320584ap1981
199093,779689,00013.6%108311184442416085ap1991
199999,224671,09114.8%1141012480061411387ap2000
200095,596671,09114.2%1128120796611310685ap2001
200195,263671,09114.2%1019110866621410686ap2002
200297,306671,09114.5%9811109892731710285ap2003
2003100,825742,19013.6%951110695173149183ap2004
200497,628748,15313.0%891110097670169184ap2005
200691,347742,19012.3%83109398258138182ap2007
2013103,430837,77312.3%856911,1368565081ap2014
2016113,797861,03313.2%936991,1499065580ap2017
2019110,350898,91512.3%10361091,01210564880ap2020
2021154,150904,03717.1%9761031,49610564280ap2022

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 3, Page 479

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