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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Lyon | |||
2nd Century | Erected | Diocese of Lyon (erected) | |
Archdiocese of Lyon | |||
3rd Century | Elevated | Diocese of Lyon | Archdiocese of Lyon |
1515 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Lyon | Diocese of Bourg-en-Bresse (erected) |
1534 | Territory Added | Diocese of Bourg-en-Bresse (suppressed) | Archdiocese of Lyon |
22 January 1742 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Besançon
Archdiocese of Lyon | Diocese of Saint-Claude (erected) |
29 November 1801 | Territory Added | Diocese of Belley (suppressed) | Archdiocese of Lyon |
29 November 1801 | Territory Added | Diocese of Mâcon (suppressed) | Diocese of Autun
Archdiocese of Lyon |
6 October 1822 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Lyon | Diocese of Belley |
Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne) | |||
6 October 1822 | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Lyon | Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne) |
26 November 1954 | Territory Added | Diocese of Grenoble (Villeurbanne: La Nativité, Les Charpennes, Le St. Curé d'Ars, La Sainte Famille de Croix-Luizet, Saint Julien de Çusset, Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus, Saint Fons, Vaulx-en Velin, Vénissieux, Sainte Jeanne d'Arc de Parilly à Vénissieux, Bron, ...) | Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne) |
6 June 1957 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne) (20 Parishes) | Diocese of Solsona |
26 December 1970 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne) (Saint Etienne and Montbison) | Diocese of Saint-Etienne (erected) |
26 December 1970 | Territory Added | Diocese of Belley (Rhône region)
Diocese of Grenoble (Rhône province) | Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne) |
14 May 1971 | Territory Added | Diocese of Grenoble (Colombier-Saugnieu) | Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne) |
Archdiocese of Lyon | |||
15 December 2006 | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne) | Archdiocese of Lyon |
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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Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne) | ||||||||||||
1970 | 1,700,000 | 2,020,036 | 84.2% | 1,363 | 500 | 1,863 | 912 | 2 | 980 | 4,600 | 743 | ap1971 |
1980 | 1,298,000 | 1,679,000 | 77.3% | 837 | 379 | 1,216 | 1,067 | 5 | 676 | 3,676 | 522 | ap1981 |
1990 | 1,200,000 | 1,630,000 | 73.6% | 652 | 400 | 1,052 | 1,140 | 22 | 679 | 2,859 | 516 | ap1991 |
1999 | 1,224,000 | 1,750,000 | 69.9% | 517 | 385 | 902 | 1,356 | 40 | 776 | 2,090 | 486 | ap2000 |
2000 | 1,200,000 | 1,725,300 | 69.6% | 500 | 385 | 885 | 1,355 | 44 | 409 | 2,090 | 514 | ap2001 |
2001 | 1,200,000 | 1,725,300 | 69.6% | 493 | 385 | 878 | 1,366 | 46 | 399 | 2,090 | 514 | ap2002 |
2002 | 1,200,000 | 1,733,500 | 69.2% | 450 | 95 | 545 | 2,201 | 48 | 108 | 2,090 | 189 | ap2003 |
2003 | 1,200,000 | 1,733,500 | 69.2% | 484 | 93 | 577 | 2,079 | 50 | 106 | 2,090 | 175 | ap2004 |
2004 | 1,200,000 | 1,735,000 | 69.2% | 470 | 100 | 570 | 2,105 | 51 | 114 | 2,090 | 160 | ap2005 |
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2013 | 1,246,000 | 1,912,441 | 65.2% | 366 | 288 | 654 | 1,905 | 64 | 574 | 1,322 | 149 | ap2014 |
2016 | 1,240,272 | 1,936,940 | 64.0% | 328 | 176 | 504 | 2,460 | 80 | 330 | 1,011 | 143 | ap2017 |
2019 | 1,288,400 | 2,014,067 | 64.0% | 290 | 151 | 441 | 2,921 | 88 | 280 | 880 | 133 | ap2020 |
2021 | 1,304,240 | 2,038,830 | 64.0% | 260 | 52 | 312 | 4,180 | 90 | 150 | 935 | 132 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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