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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Philadelphia | |||
8 April 1808 | Erected | Diocese of Baltimore | Diocese of Boston (erected) (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont)
Diocese of Bardstown (erected) (States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and the Old Northwest Territory) Diocese of New York (erected) (State of New York plus Sussex, Bergen, Morris, Essex, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties in New Jersey) Diocese of Philadelphia (erected) (Pennsylvania, Delaware, and 7 counties of New Jersey) |
18 June 1834 | Territory Added | Diocese of Philadelphia (PA, DE, and parts of NJ (Hunterdon, Varren, Burlington, Glouester, Salem, Cumberland, and Cap May)) | |
11 August 1843 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Philadelphia | Diocese of Pittsburgh (erected) (Western Pennsylvania) |
29 July 1853 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of New York
Diocese of Philadelphia | Diocese of Newark (erected) (State of New Jersey) |
3 March 1868 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Philadelphia | Diocese of Harrisburg (erected)
Diocese of Scranton (erected) (Counties of Bradford, Lucerne, Wyoming, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan. Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne, and Lycoming) |
3 March 1868 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Baltimore
Diocese of Philadelphia | Diocese of Wilmington (erected) (Delaware plus Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchster, Somerset, and Worcester Counties in Maryland and Northampton and Accomac Counties in Virginia) |
Archdiocese of Philadelphia | |||
12 February 1875 | Elevated | Diocese of Philadelphia | Archdiocese of Philadelphia |
28 January 1961 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton, and Schuylkill) | Diocese of Allentown (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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Archdiocese of Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
1910 | 525,000 | 2,712,708 | 19.4% | 474 | 108 | 582 | 902 | 89 | 2,565 | ce | ||
1950 | 1,058,058 | 3,721,786 | 28.4% | 1,221 | 672 | 1,893 | 558 | 828 | 6,819 | 398 | ap1951 | |
1966 | 1,346,095 | 3,813,000 | 35.3% | 1,075 | 689 | 1,764 | 763 | 1,149 | 6,324 | 312 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 1,352,633 | 3,901,000 | 34.7% | 1,004 | 666 | 1,670 | 809 | 1,008 | 6,534 | 316 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 1,377,469 | 3,901,000 | 35.3% | 1,002 | 612 | 1,614 | 853 | 948 | 6,053 | 311 | ap1977 | |
1980 | 1,379,168 | 3,602,495 | 38.3% | 962 | 553 | 1,515 | 910 | 1 | 876 | 5,884 | 307 | ap1981 |
1990 | 1,402,753 | 3,961,022 | 35.4% | 890 | 489 | 1,379 | 1,017 | 95 | 713 | 4,638 | 302 | ap1991 |
1999 | 1,411,256 | 3,217,000 | 43.9% | 796 | 419 | 1,215 | 1,161 | 157 | 141 | 3,873 | 287 | ap2000 |
2000 | 1,418,575 | 3,708,226 | 38.3% | 769 | 404 | 1,173 | 1,209 | 173 | 548 | 3,764 | 286 | ap2001 |
2001 | 1,430,161 | 3,707,238 | 38.6% | 758 | 407 | 1,165 | 1,227 | 190 | 550 | 3,711 | 283 | ap2002 |
2002 | 1,488,316 | 3,849,647 | 38.7% | 741 | 392 | 1,133 | 1,313 | 197 | 530 | 3,547 | 282 | ap2003 |
2003 | 1,494,883 | 3,861,648 | 38.7% | 717 | 366 | 1,083 | 1,380 | 212 | 511 | 3,428 | 282 | ap2004 |
2004 | 1,486,058 | 3,872,783 | 38.4% | 706 | 372 | 1,078 | 1,378 | 213 | 503 | 3,366 | 279 | ap2005 |
2010 | 1,464,938 | 3,892,194 | 37.6% | 619 | 369 | 988 | 1,482 | 234 | 481 | 2,763 | 267 | ap2011 |
2013 | 1,489,000 | 4,070,000 | 36.6% | 573 | 357 | 930 | 1,601 | 273 | 472 | 2,617 | 257 | ap2014 |
2016 | 1,438,147 | 4,079,583 | 35.3% | 551 | 314 | 865 | 1,662 | 295 | 416 | 2,407 | 219 | ap2017 |
2019 | 1,437,400 | 4,119,268 | 34.9% | 495 | 264 | 759 | 1,893 | 299 | 388 | 2,149 | 217 | ap2020 |
2021 | 1,265,960 | 4,134,985 | 30.6% | 477 | 268 | 745 | 1,699 | 304 | 351 | 2,088 | 214 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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