Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Historical Details

• Diocese of Saint Paul
  • Latin Name: Sancti Pauli de Minnesota
  • Erected: 19 July 1850
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Milwaukee
  • State: Minnesota
  • Country: United States of America
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: STP

• Archdiocese of Saint Paul
  • Latin Name: Sancti Pauli de Minnesota
  • Elevated: 4 May 1888
  • Metropolitan See
  • State: Minnesota
  • Country: United States of America
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: STP

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Joseph Crétin † (23 Jul 1850 Appointed - 22 Feb 1857 Died)
• Augustin-Henri-Jules Ravoux † (Mar 1857 Appointed - 29 Jul 1859 Ceased)
• Jean-Antoine-Marie Pelamourgues † (23 Feb 1858 Appointed - May 1858 Resigned)
• Thomas Langdon Grace, O.P. † (21 Jan 1859 Appointed - 31 Jul 1884 Resigned)
• John Ireland † (31 Jul 1884 Succeeded - 25 Sep 1918 Died)
• Austin Dowling † (10 Mar 1919 Appointed - 29 Nov 1930 Died)
• John Gregory Murray † (29 Oct 1931 Appointed - 11 Oct 1956 Died)
• William Otterwell Brady † (11 Oct 1956 Succeeded - 1 Oct 1961 Died)
• Leo Binz † (16 Dec 1961 Appointed - 21 May 1975 Retired)
• John Robert Roach † (21 May 1975 Appointed - 8 Sep 1995 Retired)
• Harry Joseph Flynn † (8 Sep 1995 Succeeded - 2 May 2008 Retired)
• John Clayton Nienstedt (2 May 2008 Succeeded - 15 Jun 2015 Resigned)
• Bernard Anthony Hebda (24 Mar 2016 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Saint Paul
1950	335,880	1,406,365	23.9%	475	82	557	603		131	1,976	309	ap1951
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
1966	508,429	1,660,580	30.6%	461	178	639	795		466	2,347	224	ap1967
1968	525,427	1,660,580	31.6%	419	146	565	929		399	1,951	203	ap1971
1976	517,813	2,017,225	25.7%	389	167	556	931		265	1,103	214	ap1977
1980	554,662	2,073,000	26.8%	377	187	564	983	41	274	1,642	217	ap1981
1990	642,383	2,450,459	26.2%	379	149	528	1,216	123	224	1,434	224	ap1991
1999	752,325	2,757,989	27.3%	345	155	500	1,504	174	53	1,090	222	ap2000
2000	759,662	2,792,064	27.2%	370	158	528	1,438	171	208	1,094	222	ap2001
2001	769,135	2,831,931	27.2%	386	160	546	1,408	173	212	1,090	222	ap2002
2002	785,584	2,899,361	27.1%	349	170	519	1,513	190	215	968	222	ap2003
2003	786,149	2,940,382	26.7%	374	172	546	1,439	207	219	936	221	ap2004
2004	730,989	2,949,643	24.8%	347	128	475	1,538	195	193	991	220	ap2005
2010	825,000	3,177,207	26.0%	328	93	421	1,959	193	139	712	216	ap2011
2012	839,000	3,231,000	26.0%	360	84	444	1,889	214	142	635	200	ap2013
2014	851,000	3,238,832	26.3%	321	73	394	2,159	182	141	580	188	ap2015
2016	863,047	3,308,692	26.1%	365	77	442	1,952	181	146	547	187	ap2017
2017	870,490	3,337,219	26.1%	372	90	462	1,884	197	165	550	187	ap2018
2020	899,160	3,447,139	26.1%	346	77	423	2,125	192	150	433	186	ap2021
2022	914,000	3,504,415	26.1%	340	78	418	2,186	186	141	444	186	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Frederick Francis Campbell (Priest: 31 May 1980; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Mar 1999 to 14 Oct 2004)
• Robert James Carlson (Priest: 23 May 1970; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Nov 1983 to 13 Jan 1994)
• Joseph Leo Charron, C.Pp.S. (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Nov 1989 to 12 Nov 1993)
• Peter Forsyth Christensen (Priest: 25 May 1985 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Edward William Clark
• Andrew Harmon Cozzens (Deacon: 23 Nov 1996; Priest: 31 May 1997; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Oct 2013 to 18 Oct 2021)
• Donald Edward DeGrood (Deacon: 23 Nov 1996; Priest: 31 May 1997 to 12 Dec 2019)
• Bernard Anthony Hebda (Apostolic Administrator: 15 Jun 2015; Archbishop: 24 Mar 2016 - )
• Michael John Izen (Priest: 28 May 2005; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Jan 2023)
• Kevin Thomas Kenney (Priest: 28 May 1994; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jul 2024)
• Donald Joseph Kettler
• John Marvin LeVoir (Priest: 30 May 1981 to 14 Jul 2008)
• John Clayton Nienstedt (Coadjutor Archbishop: 24 Apr 2007; Archbishop: 2 May 2008 to 15 Jun 2015)
• Richard Edmund Pates (Priest: 20 Dec 1968; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Dec 2000 to 10 Apr 2008)
• Lee Anthony Piché (Priest: 26 May 1984; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 May 2009 to 15 Jun 2015)
• Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I.
• Joseph Andrew Williams (Priest: 25 May 2002; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Dec 2021 to 21 May 2024)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Leo Binz † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1961 to 21 May 1975)
• Terrence George Brady †
• William Otterwell Brady † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 16 Jun 1956; Archbishop: 11 Oct 1956 to 1 Oct 1961)
• Joseph Walter Buckley, S.M. †
• William Henry Bullock † (Priest: 7 Jun 1952; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jun 1980 to 10 Feb 1987)
• Joseph Francis Busch † (Priest: 28 Jul 1889 to 9 Apr 1910)
• James Joseph Byrne † (Priest: 3 Jun 1933; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 May 1947 to 16 Jun 1956)
• Leo Christopher Byrne † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 31 Jul 1967 to 21 Oct 1974)
• Alexander Christie † (Priest: 22 Dec 1877 to 26 Mar 1898)
• James Louis Connolly † (Priest: 1924 to 7 Apr 1945)
• Timothy J. Corbett † (Priest: 12 Jun 1886 to 9 Apr 1910)
• Joseph Bernard Cotter † (Priest: 3 May 1871 to 29 Nov 1889)
• Leonard Philip Cowley † (Priest: 4 Jun 1938; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Nov 1957 to 18 Aug 1973)
• Joseph Crétin † (Bishop: 23 Jul 1850 to 22 Feb 1857)
• Patrick Delany † (Priest: 9 Nov 1879 to 16 Jun 1893)
• Austin Dowling † (Archbishop: 10 Mar 1919 to 29 Nov 1930)
• Paul Vincent Dudley † (Priest: 2 Jun 1951; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Nov 1976 to 6 Nov 1978)
• James Albert Duffy † (Priest: 27 May 1899 to 27 Jan 1913)
• Harry Joseph Flynn † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 22 Feb 1994; Archbishop: 8 Sep 1995 to 2 May 2008)
• Louis Joseph Mary Theodore de Goesbriand † (Priest: 13 Jul 1840 to 29 Jul 1853)
• Thomas Langdon Grace, O.P. † (Bishop: 21 Jan 1859 to 31 Jul 1884)
• Hilary Baumann Hacker † (Priest: 4 Jun 1938 to 29 Dec 1956)
• James Richard Ham, M.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Oct 1980 to 30 Oct 1990)
• Ambrose Valerian Hayden † (Priest: 29 Jan 1944 to 24 Jun 1997; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Apr 1967 to 1968)
• Patrick Richard Heffron † (Priest: 22 Dec 1884 to 4 Mar 1910)
• Harold William Henry, S.S.C.M.E. †
• John Ireland † (Priest: 21 Dec 1861 to 12 Feb 1875; Coadjutor Bishop: 28 Jul 1875; Bishop: 31 Jul 1884; Archbishop: 15 May 1888 to 25 Sep 1918)
• James John Keane † (Priest: 23 Dec 1882 to 4 Aug 1902)
• Francis Martin Kelly †
• John Francis Kinney † (Priest: 2 Feb 1963; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Nov 1976 to 28 Jun 1982)
• Louis Benedict Kucera †
• John Jeremiah Lawler † (Priest: 19 Dec 1885; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Feb 1910 to 29 Jan 1916)
• Raymond Alphonse Lucker † (Priest: 7 Jun 1952; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jul 1971 to 23 Dec 1975)
• James McGolrick † (Priest: 11 Jun 1867 to 29 Nov 1889)
• John Gregory Murray † (Archbishop: 29 Oct 1931 to 11 Oct 1956)
• Thomas O’Gorman † (Priest: 5 Nov 1865 to 24 Jan 1896)
• Edwin Vincent O’Hara †
• Gerald Francis O’Keefe † (Priest: 29 Jan 1944; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 May 1961 to 20 Oct 1966)
• Jean-Antoine-Marie Pelamourgues † (Bishop: 23 Feb 1858 to May 1858)
• John Hubert Peschges †
• Augustin-Henri-Jules Ravoux † (Priest: 19 Jul 1850 to 17 Jan 1906; Administrator: Mar 1857 to 29 Jul 1859)
• John Robert Roach † (Priest: 8 Jun 1946; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jul 1971; Archbishop: 21 May 1975 to 8 Sep 1995)
• Francis Joseph Schenk † (Priest: 13 Jun 1926 to 10 Mar 1945)
• Alphonse James Schladweiler † (Priest: 9 Jun 1929 to 28 Nov 1957)
• James Patrick Shannon † (Priest: 8 Jun 1946; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Feb 1965 to 22 Nov 1968)
• Paul David Sirba † (Priest: 31 May 1986 to 15 Oct 2009)
• John Stariha † (Priest: 1871 to 6 Aug 1902)
• Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. †
• James Trobec † (Priest: 8 Sep 1865 to 5 Jul 1897)
• Nicolas Eugene Walsh †
• Thomas Anthony Welch † (Priest: 11 Jun 1909 to 14 Dec 1925)
• Lawrence Harold Welsh † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Nov 1991 to 13 Jan 1999)

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