Archdiocese of Baltimore

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Bishop(s) Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Archbishop Denis James Madden, Auxiliary Bishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski, Auxiliary Bishop William Donald Borders, Archbishop Emeritus William Henry Keeler, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus William Clifford Newman, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Arlington Richmond Wheeling-Charleston Wilmington

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Split: 15 November 1947 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) State: Maryland Country: United States of America Square Kilometers: 12,430 (4,801 Square Miles) Description: Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, and Washington Counties and the City of Baltimore. Conference Region: IV (DC, DE, MD, VA, VI, WV) Catholic Directory Abbreviation: BAL Official Web Site: http://www.archbalt.org/ Mailing Address: Catholic Center, 320 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Telephone: (410)547-5446 Fax: 727-8234

Historical Details

• Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America
  • Latin Name: Foederatarum Civitatum Americae Septemtrionalis
  • Erected: 26 November 1784
  • Country: United States of America

• Diocese of Baltimore
  • Latin Name: Baltimorensis
  • Erected: 6 November 1789
  • State: Maryland
  • Country: United States of America

• Archdiocese of Baltimore
  • Latin Name: Baltimorensis
  • Elevated: 8 April 1808
  • State: Maryland
  • Country: United States of America

• Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington
  • Name Changed: 22 July 1939
  • State: Maryland
  • Country: United States of America

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• John Carroll † (9 Jun 1784 Appointed - 3 Dec 1815 Died)
• Leonard Neale, S.J. † (3 Dec 1815 Succeeded - 18 Jun 1817 Died)
• Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (14 Jul 1817 Appointed - 29 Jan 1828 Died)
• James Whitfield † (29 Jan 1828 Succeeded - 19 Oct 1834 Died)
• Samuel Eccleston, P.S.S. † (19 Oct 1834 Succeeded - 22 Apr 1851 Died)
• Francis Patrick Kenrick † (19 Aug 1851 Appointed - 8 Jul 1863 Died)
• Martin John Spalding † (3 May 1864 Appointed - 7 Feb 1872 Died)
• James Roosevelt Bayley † (30 Jul 1872 Appointed - 3 Oct 1877 Died)
• James Gibbons † (3 Oct 1877 Succeeded - 24 Mar 1921 Died)
• Michael Joseph Curley † (10 Aug 1921 Appointed - 16 May 1947 Died)
• Francis Patrick Keough † (29 Nov 1947 Appointed - 8 Dec 1961 Died)
• Lawrence Joseph Shehan † (8 Dec 1961 Succeeded - 2 Apr 1974 Retired)
• William Donald Borders (25 Mar 1974 Appointed - 6 Apr 1989 Retired)
• William Henry Keeler (11 Apr 1989 Appointed - 12 Jul 2007 Retired)
• Edwin Frederick O’Brien (12 Jul 2007 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America
26 November 1784	Erected		Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America (erected)
Diocese of Baltimore
6 November 1789	Erected	Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America (Name Changed and Prelature raised to a Diocese)	Diocese of Baltimore (erected)
8 April 1808	Territory Lost	Diocese of Baltimore	Diocese of Boston (erected) (Massachusets, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont)
8 April 1808	Territory Lost	Diocese of Baltimore	Diocese of Bardstown (erected)
8 April 1808	Territory Lost	Diocese of Baltimore	Diocese of New York (erected) (State of New York plus Sussex, Bergen, Morris, Essex, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties in New Jersey)
8 April 1808	Territory Lost	Diocese of Baltimore	Diocese of Philadelphia (erected) (Pennsylvania, Delaware, and 7 counties of New Jersey)
Archdiocese of Baltimore
8 April 1808	Elevated	Diocese of Baltimore	Archdiocese of Baltimore
11 July 1820	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Baltimore	Diocese of Charleston (erected)
11 July 1820	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Baltimore	Diocese of Richmond (erected)
15 August 1858	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Baltimore	Diocese of Richmond (Alexandria)
3 March 1868	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Baltimore Diocese of Philadelphia	Diocese of Wilmington (erected)
Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington
22 July 1939	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Baltimore	Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington
Archdiocese of Baltimore
15 November 1947	Split	Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington	Archdiocese of Baltimore Archdiocese of Washington (District of Columbia plus Montgomery, Prince George, St. Mary's, Calvert, and Charles Counties in the State of Maryland)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Prefecture Apostolic of United States of America
Diocese of Baltimore
Archdiocese of Baltimore
Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington
Archdiocese of Baltimore
1950	297,546	1,509,684	19.7%	268	381	649	458		529	2,460	118	ap1951
1959	403,505	2,509,139	16.1%	288	387	675	597		814	2,759	131	ap1960
1964	480,653	2,116,859	22.7%	317	381	698	688		853	3,411	138	ap1967
1970	438,203	2,321,050	18.9%	358	328	686	638	1	496	2,937	139	ap1971
1976	455,564	2,425,530	18.8%	355	417	772	590	52	559	2,120	148	ap1977
1980	413,668	2,869,430	14.4%	347	320	667	620	91	478	1,972	149	ap1981
1990	449,483	2,534,000	17.7%	286	366	652	689	174	471	1,484	162	ap1991
1999	484,287	2,849,409	17.0%	304	291	595	813	187	80	1,212	155	ap2000
2000	486,607	2,870,150	17.0%	293	304	597	815	181	380	1,233	164	ap2001
2001	486,828	2,903,892	16.8%	258	253	511	952	167	325	1,160	162	ap2002
2002	497,424	2,944,407	16.9%	254	260	514	967	159	333	1,190	162	ap2003
2003	500,179	2,972,083	16.8%	263	234	497	1,006	171	315	1,131	154	ap2004
2004	506,587	3,006,607	16.8%	309	265	574	882	183	338	1,088	152	ap2005
2006	517,679	3,055,407	16.9%	285	260	545	949	178	333	1,047	151	ap2007

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Dec 1997 to 6 Jul 2004)
• William Donald Borders (Archbishop: 25 Mar 1974 to 6 Apr 1989)
• Victor Benito Galeone (Priest: 18 Dec 1960 to 26 Jun 2001)
• Francis Joseph Gossman (Priest: 17 Dec 1955; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Jul 1968 to 8 Apr 1975)
• Philip Matthew Hannan (Priest: 8 Dec 1939 to 16 Jun 1956)
• William Henry Keeler (Archbishop: 11 Apr 1989 to 12 Jul 2007)
• Denis James Madden (Priest: 4 Nov 1976; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 May 2005)
• William Francis Malooly (Priest: 7 May 1970; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Dec 2000 to 7 Jul 2008)
• William Clifford Newman (Priest: 29 May 1954; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 May 1984 to 28 Aug 2003)
• Edwin Frederick O’Brien (Archbishop: 12 Jul 2007 - )
• John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 May 1984 to 20 Jan 1997)
• Mitchell Thomas Rozanski (Priest: 24 Nov 1984; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jul 2004)
• James Francis Stafford (Priest: 15 Dec 1957; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 1976 to 17 Nov 1982)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• James Roosevelt Bayley † (Archbishop: 30 Jul 1872 to 3 Oct 1877)
• Thomas Albert Andrew Becker † (Priest: 18 Jun 1859 to 3 Mar 1868)
• John Carroll † (Prefect: 9 Jun 1784; Bishop: 6 Nov 1789; Archbishop: 8 Apr 1808 to 3 Dec 1815)
• Placide Louis Chapelle † (Priest: 28 Jun 1865 to 21 Aug 1891)
• Owen Patrick Bernard Corrigan † (Priest: 7 Jun 1873; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Sep 1908 to 9 Apr 1929)
• Michael Joseph Curley † (Archbishop: 10 Aug 1921 to 16 May 1947)
• Alfred Allen Paul Curtis † (Priest: 19 Dec 1874 to 3 Aug 1886; Auxiliary Bishop: 1897 to 11 Jul 1908)
• Patrick James Donahue † (Priest: 23 Dec 1885 to 22 Jan 1894)
• Samuel Eccleston, P.S.S. † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 4 Mar 1834; Archbishop: 19 Oct 1834 to 22 Apr 1851)
• William Henry Elder † (Priest: 29 Mar 1846 to 9 Jan 1857)
• John Samual Foley † (Priest: 20 Dec 1856 to 11 Feb 1888)
• Thomas Patrick Roger Foley † (Priest: 16 Aug 1846 to 19 Nov 1869)
• James Gibbons † (Priest: 30 Jun 1861 to 3 Mar 1868; Coadjutor Archbishop: 20 May 1877; Archbishop: 3 Oct 1877 to 24 Mar 1921)
• Dominic Laurence Graessl, S.J. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 8 Dec 1793)
• William Joseph Hafey † (Priest: 16 Jun 1914 to 6 Apr 1925)
• Michael William Hyle † (Priest: 12 Mar 1927 to 3 Jul 1958)
• Peter Leo Ireton † (Priest: 20 Jun 1906 to 3 Aug 1935)
• John Joseph Keane † (Priest: 2 Jul 1866 to 28 Mar 1878)
• Francis Patrick Kenrick † (Archbishop: 19 Aug 1851 to 8 Jul 1863)
• Francis Patrick Keough † (Archbishop: 29 Nov 1947 to 8 Dec 1961)
• Thomas Joseph Mardaga † (Priest: 14 May 1940; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Dec 1966 to 9 Mar 1968)
• Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (Archbishop: 14 Jul 1817 to 29 Jan 1828)
• John Michael McNamara † (Priest: 21 Jun 1902; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1927 to 15 Nov 1947)
• Philip Francis Murphy † (Priest: 20 Dec 1958; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 1976 to 2 Sep 1999)
• Thomas Austin Murphy † (Priest: 10 Jun 1937; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 May 1962 to 29 May 1984)
• Leonard Neale, S.J. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 17 Apr 1795; Archbishop: 3 Dec 1815 to 18 Jun 1817)
• Ignatius Aloysius Reynolds † (Priest: 24 Oct 1823 to 28 Nov 1843)
• John Joyce Russell † (Priest: 8 Jul 1923 to 28 Jan 1950)
• William Thomas B. Russell † (Priest: 21 Jun 1889 to 7 Dec 1916)
• Jerome Aloysius Daugherty Sebastian † (Priest: 25 May 1922; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Dec 1953 to 11 Oct 1960)
• Thomas Joseph Shahan † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jul 1914 to 9 Mar 1932)
• Lawrence Joseph Shehan † (Priest: 23 Dec 1922; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Nov 1945 to 25 Aug 1953; Coadjutor Archbishop: 10 Jul 1961; Archbishop: 8 Dec 1961 to 2 Apr 1974)
• Martin John Spalding † (Archbishop: 3 May 1864 to 7 Feb 1872)
• Thomas Joseph Toolen † (Priest: 27 Sep 1910 to 28 Feb 1927)
• James Whitfield † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 8 Jan 1828; Archbishop: 29 Jan 1828 to 19 Oct 1834)