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Date | Event | From | To |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Mississippi | |||
18 July 1826 | Erected | Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans) | Vicariate Apostolic of Mississippi (erected) |
Diocese of Natchez | |||
28 July 1837 | Erected | Diocese of New Orleans | Diocese of Natchez (erected) (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese; State of Mississippi) |
19 July 1850 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Galveston (from Baltimore to New Orleans)
Diocese of Little Rock (from Baltimore to New Orleans) Diocese of Mobile (from Baltimore to New Orleans) Diocese of Natchez (from Baltimore to New Orleans) | |
Diocese of Natchez-Jackson | |||
18 December 1956 | Name Changed | Diocese of Natchez | Diocese of Natchez-Jackson |
1 March 1977 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Natchez-Jackson (Jackson, Harrison, Hancock, George, Stone, Pearl River, Greene, Perry, Forrest, Lamar, Marion, Walthall, Wayne, Jones, Covington, Jefferson Davis, and Lawrence) | Diocese of Biloxi (erected) |
Diocese of Jackson | |||
1 March 1977 | Name Changed | Diocese of Natchez-Jackson | Diocese of Jackson |
29 July 1980 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Jackson (from New Orleans) |
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 Natchez | ||||||||||||
1950 | 50,559 | 2,183,796 | 2.3% | 68 | 74 | 142 | 356 | 123 | 380 | 66 | ap1951 | |
Diocese of Natchez-Jackson | ||||||||||||
1966 | 74,343 | 2,178,241 | 3.4% | 132 | 84 | 216 | 344 | 178 | 496 | 97 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 82,383 | 2,161,481 | 3.8% | 111 | 80 | 191 | 431 | 1 | 138 | 425 | 106 | ap1971 |
1976 | 86,773 | 2,324,000 | 3.7% | 109 | 70 | 179 | 484 | 1 | 140 | 398 | 112 | ap1977 |
Diocese of Jackson | ||||||||||||
1980 | 42,585 | 1,724,000 | 2.5% | 74 | 43 | 117 | 363 | 9 | 54 | 299 | 73 | ap1981 |
1990 | 46,410 | 1,920,000 | 2.4% | 62 | 33 | 95 | 488 | 10 | 45 | 275 | 75 | ap1991 |
1999 | 45,408 | 1,980,025 | 2.3% | 67 | 32 | 99 | 458 | 7 | 12 | 289 | 74 | ap2000 |
2000 | 47,334 | 1,994,011 | 2.4% | 58 | 29 | 87 | 544 | 7 | 43 | 275 | 74 | ap2001 |
2001 | 47,873 | 1,994,011 | 2.4% | 58 | 30 | 88 | 544 | 8 | 42 | 240 | 74 | ap2002 |
2002 | 48,808 | 1,994,946 | 2.4% | 55 | 34 | 89 | 548 | 1 | 48 | 222 | 74 | ap2003 |
2003 | 51,347 | 1,997,485 | 2.6% | 52 | 28 | 80 | 641 | 7 | 43 | 228 | 74 | ap2004 |
2004 | 51,992 | 1,998,130 | 2.6% | 50 | 29 | 79 | 658 | 7 | 43 | 212 | 74 | ap2005 |
2006 | 51,000 | 2,130,000 | 2.4% | 49 | 30 | 79 | 645 | 7 | 44 | 218 | 74 | ap2007 |
2012 | 52,500 | 2,203,000 | 2.4% | 47 | 33 | 80 | 656 | 4 | 41 | 156 | 75 | ap2013 |
2013 | 52,900 | 2,219,000 | 2.4% | 48 | 36 | 84 | 629 | 5 | 43 | 154 | 74 | ap2014 |
2016 | 45,845 | 2,167,132 | 2.1% | 53 | 30 | 83 | 552 | 4 | 36 | 133 | 68 | ap2017 |
2019 | 43,865 | 2,182,200 | 2.0% | 56 | 25 | 81 | 541 | 10 | 32 | 100 | 72 | ap2020 |
2021 | 42,746 | 2,303,753 | 1.9% | 63 | 20 | 83 | 515 | 7 | 25 | 45 | 72 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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