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Archdiocese of Chicago

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Bishop(s)

  • Blase Joseph Cupich, Cardinal, Archbishop
  • Mark Andrew Bartosic, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Robert Gerald Casey, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Jeffrey Scott Grob, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Robert Joseph Lombardo, C.F.R., Auxiliary Bishop
  • John Robert Gorman, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Francis Joseph Kane, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Joseph Nathaniel Perry, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • George James Rassas, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Andrew Peter (Andrzej Piotr) Wypych, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 10 September 1880
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Illinois
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 3,654 (1,411 Square Miles)
  • Description: Comprises the Counties of Cook and Lake in the State of Illinois.
  • Conference Region: VII (IL, IN, WI)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: CHI
  • Official Web Site: http://www.archchicago.org/
  • Mailing Address: 835 N. Rush Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2030, USA
  • Telephone: (312)534-8200
  • Fax: 534-6379

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Chicago
28 November 1843ErectedDiocese of Saint Louis
Diocese of Vincennes
Diocese of Chicago (erected) (State of Illinois)
19 July 1850Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Chicago (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
Diocese of Dubuque (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
Diocese of Milwaukee (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
Diocese of Nashville (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
29 July 1853Territory LostDiocese of Chicago Diocese of Quincy (erected) (Southern part of IL)
12 February 1875Territory LostDiocese of Chicago Diocese of Peoria (erected) (Counties of Mercer, Warren, Henderson, Hancock, McDonough, Schuyler, Knox, Fulton, Mason, Tazewell, Peoria, Stark, Marshall, Woodford, McLean, Logan, Dewitt, Livingston, Ford, Piatt, Champaign, Vermillion, and Iroquoise)
10 September 1880Territory LostDiocese of Chicago Diocese of Peoria (Counties of La Salle, Bureau, Putnam, Henry, and Rock Island)
Archdiocese of Chicago
10 September 1880ElevatedDiocese of Chicago Archdiocese of Chicago
27 September 1908Territory LostArchdiocese of Chicago Diocese of Rockford (erected)
11 December 1948Territory LostArchdiocese of Chicago (Du Page, Will, Kankakee, and Grundy)
Diocese of Peoria (Ford and the Iroquois)
Diocese of Rockford (Kendall)
Diocese of Joliet in Illinois (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Chicago
19501,706,0004,276,00039.9%1,1999942,193777994387393ap1951
19592,027,2434,687,88943.2%1,2401,4622,7027501,8678,603439ap1960
19662,340,0005,717,80040.9%1,3441,5822,9267992,2319,606453ap1967
19702,424,5915,757,00042.1%1,5491,1352,6849031,4608,331461ap1971
19762,420,9505,936,20040.8%1,3131,1362,4499882281,6895,847452ap1977
19802,406,7285,750,40541.9%1,2131,1502,3631,0184001,7405,040449ap1981
19902,350,0005,779,00040.7%1,1969772,1731,0815371,5424,561416ap1991
19992,358,0005,682,00041.5%9287991,7271,3656123663,176378ap2000
20002,384,0005,676,00042.0%9088001,7081,3956111,3163,223378ap2001
20012,394,0005,803,00041.3%8768171,6931,4146181,3333,340378ap2002
20022,442,0006,052,00040.4%8709181,7881,3656211,4232,967378ap2003
20036,047,000.0%8518861,73706241,4102,806374ap2004*
20042,442,0006,104,00040.0%9448371,7811,3716321,3352,618373ap2005
20062,348,0006,021,00039.0%8957871,6821,3956321,2722,397366ap2007
20092,364,0006,062,00039.0%9097891,6981,3926461,1862,067359ap2010
20102,383,0006,111,00039.0%9057871,6921,4086431,1621,966357ap2011
20132,438,0006,251,00039.0%8626971,5591,5636601,0481,739356ap2014
20162,497,0006,390,00039.1%9146231,5371,6246529621,536351ap2017
20192,183,0005,900,36537.0%8675311,3981,5616538041,296336ap2020
20212,163,0005,847,00037.0%8465111,3571,593639768992290ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Chicago
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 173

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