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Diocese of Gary

Dioecesis Gariensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Robert John McClory, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 10 December 1956
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Indianapolis
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Indiana
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 4,680 (1,807 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: VII (IL, IN, WI)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: GRY
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dcgary.org/
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 9292 Broadway, Merrillville, IN 46410, USA
  • Telephone: (219)769-9292
  • Fax: 769-2066

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
10 December 1956ErectedDiocese of Fort Wayne (Counties of Lake, Porter, La Porte, and Starke) Diocese of Gary (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966179,051710,00025.2%15812228063916761283ap1967
1970184,250837,50022.0%14411025472515844886ap1971
1976191,265774,98524.7%13680216885111832285ap1977
1980199,000817,00024.4%12972201990110232589ap1981
1990177,110664,33026.7%121651869523410018883ap1991
1999184,430759,67324.3%125501751,053281612877ap2000
2000185,950765,55024.3%112481601,162276311979ap2001
2001186,800761,91224.5%110471571,189396211779ap2002
2002187,000765,02424.4%113441571,191396510979ap2003
2003186,200765,02424.3%106421481,258396111078ap2004
2004185,700770,63524.1%103431461,271505610076ap2005
2006185,550778,46323.8%100451451,27943578776ap2007
2013189,000809,00023.4%94351291,46564497472ap2014
2016185,500791,82223.4%87441311,41666616072ap2017
2019168,500786,96621.4%81471281,31668685366ap2020
2021162,553790,67020.6%71431141,42565565964ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 385, to Page 387

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