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Date | Event | From | To |
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Territorial Prelature of Virgin Islands | |||
30 April 1960 | Erected | Diocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Virgin Islands) | Territorial Prelature of Virgin Islands (erected) |
12 October 1965 | Metropolitan Changed | Territorial Prelature of Virgin Islands (from San Juan de Puerto Rico) | |
27 February 1971 | Territory Lost | Territorial Prelature of Virgin Islands (Islands under British control) | Diocese of Saint John’s |
Diocese of Saint Thomas | |||
20 April 1977 | Elevated | Territorial Prelature of Virgin Islands | Diocese of Saint Thomas (Name Changed and Prelature raised to a Diocese) |
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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Territorial Prelature of Virgin Islands | ||||||||||||
1965 | 14,000 | 49,000 | 28.6% | 12 | 12 | 1,166 | 12 | 39 | 11 | ap1967 | ||
1970 | 18,928 | 65,750 | 28.8% | 1 | 14 | 15 | 1,261 | 14 | 25 | 5 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 23,000 | 70,000 | 32.9% | 1 | 15 | 16 | 1,437 | 17 | 26 | 6 | ap1977 | |
Diocese of Saint Thomas | ||||||||||||
1980 | 27,300 | 100,000 | 27.3% | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1,950 | 15 | 18 | 6 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 30,000 | 110,000 | 27.3% | 10 | 6 | 16 | 1,875 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 8 | ap1991 |
1999 | 30,000 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2,000 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 8 | ap2000 | ||
2000 | 30,000 | 101,900 | 29.4% | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1,666 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 8 | ap2001 |
2001 | 30,000 | 101,900 | 29.4% | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2,142 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 8 | ap2002 |
2003 | 32,000 | 106,600 | 30.0% | 12 | 5 | 17 | 1,882 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 8 | ap2004 |
2004 | 30,000 | 108,612 | 27.6% | 12 | 5 | 17 | 1,764 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 8 | ap2005 |
2010 | 30,000 | 108,612 | 27.6% | 11 | 4 | 15 | 2,000 | 29 | 6 | 24 | 8 | ap2011 |
2014 | 36,179 | 106,405 | 34.0% | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3,014 | 32 | 5 | 20 | 8 | ap2015 |
2017 | 35,350 | 106,500 | 33.2% | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2,525 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 8 | ap2018 |
2020 | 32,500 | 102,000 | 31.9% | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2,321 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 8 | ap2021 |
2022 | 32,180 | 101,000 | 31.9% | 14 | 69 | 83 | 387 | 28 | 69 | 5 | 8 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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