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Archdiocese of Boston

Archidioecesis Bostoniensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Cardinal, Archbishop
  • Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Robert Francis Hennessey, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Mark William O’Connell, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Robert Philip Reed, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Peter John Uglietto, Auxiliary Bishop
  • John Anthony Dooher, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Arthur Leo Kennedy, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Boston
8 April 1808ErectedDiocese of Baltimore Diocese of Boston (erected) (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont)
Diocese of Bardstown (erected) (States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and the Old Northwest Territory)
Diocese of New York (erected) (State of New York plus Sussex, Bergen, Morris, Essex, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties in New Jersey)
Diocese of Philadelphia (erected) (Pennsylvania, Delaware, and 7 counties of New Jersey)
18 June 1834Territory AddedDiocese of Boston (MA, ME, NH, RI, CT, and VT)
28 November 1843Territory LostDiocese of Boston Diocese of Hartford (erected) (Connecticut and Rhode Island)
19 July 1850Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Albany (from Baltimore to New York)
Diocese of Boston (from Baltimore to New York)
Diocese of Buffalo (from Baltimore to New York)
Diocese of Hartford (from Baltimore to New York)
29 July 1853Territory LostDiocese of Boston Diocese of Burlington (erected) (Vermont)
Diocese of Portland (erected) (Maine and New Hampshire)
14 June 1870Territory LostDiocese of Boston Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts (erected) (Counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, Hamden, and Worcester)
16 February 1872Territory LostDiocese of Boston
Diocese of Hartford
Diocese of Providence (erected) (RI plus the Counties of Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket along with part of Plymouth in Massachusetts)
Archdiocese of Boston
12 February 1875ElevatedDiocese of Boston Archdiocese of Boston

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Boston
Archdiocese of Boston
1907850,0004881105981,4211401,567194ce
19501,302,9852,954,30144.1%9918781,8696978784,659364ap1951
19591,582,5773,035,16852.1%1,2879842,2716961,7315,543391ap1960
19661,815,1133,335,89554.4%1,4291,0752,5047241,9716,080411ap1967
19701,2001,0582,25801,2695,715401ap1971*
19762,018,0344,313,39446.8%1,3769842,3608551,2925,664469ap1977
19802,017,1335,789,47834.8%1,2419232,164932921,2774,797407ap1981
19901,872,4353,742,60050.0%9869191,9059821711,2314,069402ap1991
19992,042,6883,761,40054.3%9587071,6651,2262121102,646382ap2000
20002,017,4513,754,20053.7%8306781,5081,3372158662,812373ap2001
20012,038,0323,857,75152.8%8278421,6691,2211841,0022,877369ap2002
20022,069,2253,888,94453.2%8648141,6781,2332091,0322,727362ap2003
20032,083,8993,951,37752.7%8677151,5821,3172469292,841360ap2004
20042,077,4873,970,02652.3%8566701,5261,3612388642,601357ap2005
20061,845,7583,974,84646.4%8225871,4091,3092348032,265303ap2007
20121,921,0004,209,00045.6%7215051,2261,5662656931,760289ap2013
20131,906,3724,240,00045.0%6254771,1021,7292746531,765288ap2014
20151,949,2194,147,27547.0%6854031,0881,7912805501,489289ap2016
20181,946,4134,266,90345.6%6354091,0441,8642795531,374286ap2019
20201,925,1174,255,80345.2%6384491,0871,7712835801,113282ap2021
20221,989,3964,420,87945.0%6003529522,089292478995266ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Boston
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 172

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