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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Fort Wayne | |||
8 January 1857 | Erected | Diocese of Vincennes | Diocese of Fort Wayne (erected) (Counties of Fountain, Montgomery, Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Delaware, Randolph, and Warren) |
29 March 1912 | Territory Added | Diocese of Indianapolis (Adjusted Boundaries) | Diocese of Fort Wayne (Adjusted Boundaries) |
21 October 1944 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Fort Wayne (Newton, Fulton, Jasper, Pulaski, Benton, Warren, Fountain, White, Tippecanoe, Montgomery, Cass, Carroll, Clinton, Boone, Miami, Howard, Tipton, Hamilton, Grant, Madison, Blackford, Delaware, Jay, and Randolph) | Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana (erected) |
21 October 1944 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Fort Wayne (from Cincinnati) | |
10 December 1956 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Fort Wayne (Counties of Lake, Porter, La Porte, and Starke) | Diocese of Gary (erected) |
Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend | |||
28 May 1960 | Name Changed | Diocese of Fort Wayne | Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend |
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 Fort Wayne | ||||||||||||
1950 | 192,252 | 1,031,496 | 18.6% | 229 | 258 | 487 | 394 | 89 | 3,145 | 152 | ap1951 | |
Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend | ||||||||||||
1966 | 150,224 | 892,649 | 16.8% | 139 | 347 | 486 | 309 | 574 | 1,184 | 86 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 146,605 | 919,695 | 15.9% | 119 | 288 | 407 | 360 | 507 | 1,020 | 89 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 151,087 | 973,764 | 15.5% | 148 | 227 | 375 | 402 | 16 | 436 | 922 | 82 | ap1977 |
1980 | 147,438 | 993,000 | 14.8% | 109 | 214 | 323 | 456 | 16 | 410 | 887 | 89 | ap1981 |
1990 | 151,427 | 1,086,046 | 13.9% | 107 | 170 | 277 | 546 | 32 | 342 | 889 | 90 | ap1991 |
1999 | 156,621 | 1,156,129 | 13.5% | 101 | 175 | 276 | 567 | 32 | 105 | 682 | 87 | ap2000 |
2000 | 163,319 | 1,170,337 | 14.0% | 91 | 91 | 1,794 | 24 | 113 | 656 | 87 | ap2001* | |
2001 | 166,108 | 1,170,337 | 14.2% | 88 | 171 | 259 | 641 | 24 | 331 | 656 | 87 | ap2002 |
2002 | 165,744 | 1,178,520 | 14.1% | 110 | 167 | 277 | 598 | 25 | 321 | 617 | 87 | ap2003 |
2003 | 166,816 | 1,178,520 | 14.2% | 109 | 165 | 274 | 608 | 22 | 330 | 622 | 87 | ap2004 |
2004 | 162,043 | 1,217,932 | 13.3% | 104 | 166 | 270 | 600 | 19 | 326 | 581 | 84 | ap2005 |
2006 | 159,888 | 1,247,850 | 12.8% | 101 | 148 | 249 | 642 | 18 | 289 | 558 | 84 | ap2007 |
2013 | 165,000 | 1,311,000 | 12.6% | 99 | 172 | 271 | 608 | 20 | 316 | 455 | 81 | ap2014 |
2016 | 159,825 | 1,265,972 | 12.6% | 101 | 191 | 292 | 547 | 22 | 319 | 400 | 81 | ap2017 |
2019 | 161,200 | 1,303,133 | 12.4% | 107 | 173 | 280 | 575 | 30 | 270 | 376 | 81 | ap2020 |
2021 | 162,200 | 1,311,570 | 12.4% | 93 | 156 | 249 | 651 | 30 | 263 | 322 | 81 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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