Archdiocese of Dubuque

Historical Details

• Diocese of Dubuque
  • Latin Name: Dubuquensis
  • Erected: 28 July 1837
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Saint Louis
  • State: Iowa
  • Country: United States of America
  • Description: Comprises the area north of Missouri to Canada, and east of the Mississippi to the Missouri

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras † (28 Jul 1837 Appointed - 19 Feb 1858 Died)
• Timothy Clement Smyth, O.C.S.O. † (19 Feb 1858 Succeeded - 23 Sep 1865 Died)
• John Hennessy † (24 Apr 1866 Appointed - 4 Mar 1900 Died)
• John Joseph Keane † (24 Jul 1900 Appointed - 28 Apr 1911 Resigned)
• James John Keane † (11 Aug 1911 Appointed - 2 Aug 1929 Died)
• Francis Joseph Beckman † (17 Jan 1930 Appointed - 9 Nov 1946 Resigned)
• Henry Patrick Rohlman † (11 Nov 1946 Succeeded - 2 Dec 1954 Retired)
• Leo Binz † (2 Dec 1954 Succeeded - 16 Dec 1961 Appointed, Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• James Joseph Byrne † (19 Mar 1962 Appointed - 23 Aug 1983 Retired)
• Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. (20 Dec 1983 Appointed - 16 Oct 1995 Retired)
• Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. (16 Oct 1995 Succeeded - 8 Apr 2013 Resigned)
• Michael Owen Jackels (8 Apr 2013 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 Dubuque
1908				222	9	231	0			780	165	ce
1950	147,412	800,000	18.4%	352	16	368	400		86	1,983	204	ap1951
1966	214,730	914,340	23.5%	445	117	562	382		244	2,015	238	ap1967
1970	231,247	914,340	25.3%	377	17	394	586		70	1,853		ap1971*
1976	243,458	956,078	25.5%	372	70	442	550		177	1,551	235	ap1977
1980	249,000	982,000	25.4%	354	76	430	579	25	226	1,446	234	ap1981
1990	229,945	1,058,100	21.7%	303	38	341	674	59	83	1,299	226	ap1991
1999	218,108	923,000	23.6%	260	36	296	736	66	27	998	211	ap2000
2000	237,205	923,000	25.7%	225	36	261	908	60	130	936	212	ap2001
2001	219,195	923,000	23.7%	222	36	258	849	59	149	889	211	ap2002
2002	213,555	927,161	23.0%	215	31	246	868	64	138	842	209	ap2003
2003	212,619	927,161	22.9%	210	37	247	860	66	172	831	201	ap2004
2004	211,847	927,161	22.8%	210	32	242	875	75	158	826	199	ap2005
2006	216,000	944,000	22.9%	205	33	238	907	75	133	818	187	ap2007

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• William Edwin Franklin (Priest: 4 Feb 1956; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Jan 1987 to 12 Nov 1993)
• Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. (Coadjutor Archbishop: 23 Aug 1994; Archbishop: 16 Oct 1995 to 8 Apr 2013)
• Michael Owen Jackels (Archbishop: 8 Apr 2013)
• Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1983 to 16 Oct 1995)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Francis Joseph Beckman † (Archbishop: 17 Jan 1930 to 9 Nov 1946)
• Leo Binz † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 15 Oct 1949; Archbishop: 2 Dec 1954 to 16 Dec 1961)
• George Joseph Biskup † (Priest: 19 Mar 1937; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Mar 1957 to 30 Jan 1965)
• James Joseph Byrne † (Archbishop: 19 Mar 1962 to 23 Aug 1983)
• James Vincent Casey † (Priest: 8 Dec 1939 to 5 Apr 1957)
• Francis John Dunn † (Priest: 11 Jan 1948; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Jun 1969 to 17 Nov 1989)
• Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald † (Priest: 25 Jul 1916; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Aug 1946 to 20 Oct 1949)
• John Hennessy † (Bishop: 24 Apr 1866; Archbishop: 17 Jun 1893 to 4 Mar 1900)
• James John Keane † (Archbishop: 11 Aug 1911 to 2 Aug 1929)
• John Joseph Keane † (Archbishop: 24 Jul 1900 to 28 Apr 1911)
• Louis Benedict Kucera † (Priest: 8 Jun 1915 to 30 Jun 1930)
• Loras Thomas Lane † (Priest: 19 Mar 1937; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 May 1951 to 11 Oct 1956)
• Mathias Clement Lenihan † (Priest: 20 Dec 1879 to 26 Aug 1904)
• Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras † (Bishop: 28 Jul 1837 to 19 Feb 1858)
• Henry Patrick Rohlman † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 15 Jun 1944; Archbishop: 11 Nov 1946 to 2 Dec 1954)
• Timothy Clement Smyth, O.C.S.O. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 9 Jan 1857; Bishop: 19 Feb 1858 to 23 Sep 1865)
• Loras Joseph Watters † (Priest: 7 Jun 1941; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jun 1965 to 8 Jan 1969)
• Joseph Clement Willging † (Priest: 20 Jun 1908 to 6 Dec 1941)