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Date | Event | From | To |
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11 July 1820 | Erected | Archdiocese of Baltimore | Diocese of Charleston (erected) (North and South Carolina and Georgia)
Diocese of Richmond (erected) (Entire state of Virginia) |
19 July 1850 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Richmond | Diocese of Wheeling (erected) (Virginia west of the Allegheny Mountains and West of Maryland) |
15 August 1858 | Territory Added | Archdiocese of Baltimore | Diocese of Richmond (Alexandria) |
28 May 1974 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Richmond (Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, King George, Lancaster, Loudon, Madison, Northumberland, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock, Richmond, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren, and Westmoreland) | Diocese of Arlington (erected) |
28 May 1974 | Territory Added | Diocese of Wheeling (area in Virginia) | Diocese of Richmond |
28 May 1974 | Territory Added | Diocese of Wilmington (Accomack and Northampton Counties) | Diocese of Richmond |
28 May 1974 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Richmond (area in West Virginia) | Diocese of Wheeling |
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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1950 | 80,610 | 2,950,000 | 2.7% | 128 | 92 | 220 | 366 | 116 | 512 | 83 | ap1951 | |
1965 | 217,840 | 4,074,359 | 5.3% | 182 | 182 | 364 | 598 | 203 | 860 | 166 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 263,514 | 4,742,925 | 5.6% | 190 | 193 | 383 | 688 | 237 | 853 | 123 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 109,333 | 3,509,107 | 3.1% | 125 | 99 | 224 | 488 | 111 | 425 | 90 | ap1977 | |
1980 | 111,011 | 3,685,720 | 3.0% | 151 | 84 | 235 | 472 | 1 | 93 | 414 | 100 | ap1981 |
1990 | 141,261 | 5,168,000 | 2.7% | 170 | 48 | 218 | 647 | 10 | 59 | 369 | 143 | ap1991 |
1999 | 191,051 | 4,507,819 | 4.2% | 164 | 41 | 205 | 931 | 24 | 6 | 210 | 142 | ap2000 |
2000 | 196,701 | 4,519,465 | 4.4% | 158 | 38 | 196 | 1,003 | 26 | 45 | 210 | 144 | ap2001 |
2001 | 200,342 | 4,555,139 | 4.4% | 164 | 36 | 200 | 1,001 | 27 | 44 | 198 | 147 | ap2002 |
2002 | 208,008 | 4,674,975 | 4.4% | 165 | 36 | 201 | 1,034 | 34 | 47 | 187 | 147 | ap2003 |
2003 | 213,528 | 4,727,638 | 4.5% | 158 | 36 | 194 | 1,100 | 82 | 47 | 187 | 148 | ap2004 |
2004 | 212,189 | 4,727,630 | 4.5% | 165 | 38 | 203 | 1,045 | 83 | 51 | 193 | 148 | ap2005 |
2010 | 233,000 | 4,942,100 | 4.7% | 164 | 30 | 194 | 1,201 | 85 | 43 | 205 | 151 | ap2011 |
2014 | 241,000 | 5,600,000 | 4.3% | 189 | 30 | 219 | 1,100 | 136 | 37 | 166 | 149 | ap2015 |
2016 | 244,700 | 5,680,000 | 4.3% | 183 | 30 | 213 | 1,148 | 115 | 37 | 139 | 142 | ap2017 |
2017 | 5,118,519 | .0% | 194 | 19 | 213 | 0 | 140 | 27 | 180 | 142 | ap2018* | |
2020 | 259,971 | 5,242,066 | 5.0% | 182 | 12 | 194 | 1,340 | 165 | 18 | 166 | 138 | ap2021 |
2022 | 258,880 | 5,220,173 | 5.0% | 163 | 22 | 185 | 1,399 | 214 | 25 | 107 | 138 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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