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Diocese of Spokane

Dioecesis Spokanensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 17 December 1913
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Seattle
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Washington
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 63,081 (24,365 Square Miles)
  • Description: Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens, Pend'Oreille, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Franklin, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, and Asotin
  • Conference Region: XII (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: SPK
  • Official Web Site: https://www.dioceseofspokane.org
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, P.O. Box 1453, 1023 West Riverside Ave., Spokane, WA 99210; 525 E. Mission Ave., Spokane, WA 99202, USA
  • Telephone: (509)358-7305
  • Fax: 358-7302

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
17 December 1913ErectedDiocese of Seattle (Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens, Pend'Oreille, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Benton, Franklin, Walla-Walla, Columbia, Garfield, and Asotin) Diocese of Spokane (erected)
23 June 1951Territory LostDiocese of Seattle (Chelan, Kittitas, Klickitat, and Yakima)
Diocese of Spokane (Douglas, Grant, and Benton)
Diocese of Yakima (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195044,101397,67211.1%708615628220942548ap1951
196468,267488,10014.0%10711221931129165557ap1967
196868,837510,00613.5%9911421332318261754ap1971
197672,250490,00014.7%939318638813946056ap1977
198075,000614,00012.2%861021883981615648858ap1981
199075,132598,50012.6%87941814153313041281ap1991
199978,432721,64610.9%88101189414441432678ap2000
200076,681726,70210.6%741061804265213731482ap2001
200176,691720,56910.6%80991794284812929981ap2002
200275,791691,93111.0%76851614704410928183ap2003
200366,274679,1059.8%7269141470489225583ap2004
200486,721722,67712.0%69891585484710024783ap2005
2010103,000792,30613.0%7181152677558719080ap2011
2014107,983830,64113.0%6767134805567513081ap2015
2017110,771852,08713.0%7028981,130523211180ap2018
2020151,644879,43017.2%6928971,56345288580ap2021
2022156,756922,09317.0%6727941,66746278181ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 6, Page 187

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