Diocese of Green Bay

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Joseph Melcher † (3 Mar 1868 Appointed - 20 Dec 1873 Died)
• Francis Xavier Krautbauer † (12 Feb 1875 Appointed - 17 Dec 1885 Died)
• Frederick Francis Xavier Katzer † (13 Jul 1886 Appointed - 30 Jan 1891 Appointed, Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• Sebastian Gebhard Messmer † (14 Dec 1891 Appointed - 28 Nov 1903 Appointed, Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• Joseph John Fox † (27 May 1904 Appointed - 7 Nov 1914 Resigned)
• Paul Peter Rhode † (15 Jul 1915 Appointed - 3 Mar 1945 Died)
• Stanislaus Vincent Bona † (3 Mar 1945 Succeeded - 1 Dec 1967 Died)
• Aloysius John Wycislo † (4 Mar 1968 Appointed - 10 May 1983 Resigned)
• Adam Joseph Maida (8 Nov 1983 Appointed - 28 Apr 1990 Appointed, Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan)
• Robert Joseph Banks (16 Oct 1990 Appointed - 10 Oct 2003 Retired)
• David Allen Zubik (10 Oct 2003 Appointed - 18 Jul 2007 Appointed, Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• David Laurin Ricken (9 Jul 2008 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
1950	213,953	535,377	40.0%	235	143	378	566		295	1,429	174	ap1951
1966	314,136	730,000	43.0%	351	191	542	579		374	1,599	192	ap1967
1970	309,945	726,890	42.6%	347	196	543	570		309	1,355	193	ap1971
1976	325,722	728,512	44.7%	304	192	496	656	7	290	1,091	193	ap1977
1980	337,139	746,000	45.2%	275	192	467	721	34	285	965	223	ap1981
1990	365,022	845,000	43.2%	247	138	385	948	73	207	865	214	ap1991
1999	388,150	898,050	43.2%	235	143	378	1,026	81	44	672	199	ap2000
2000	394,365	898,050	43.9%	206	136	342	1,153	86	179	646	198	ap2001
2001	388,093	924,032	42.0%	200	136	336	1,155	87	179	622	191	ap2002
2002	375,708	951,159	39.5%	198	135	333	1,128	92	179	621	188	ap2003
2003	381,472	930,419	41.0%	201	130	331	1,152	104	173	603	185	ap2004
2004	358,211	930,419	38.5%	192	115	307	1,166	108	156	653	185	ap2005
2006	369,556	998,800	37.0%	189	113	302	1,223	127	151	593	169	ap2007

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Robert Joseph Banks (Bishop: 16 Oct 1990 to 10 Oct 2003)
• Frank Joseph Dewane (Priest: 16 Jul 1988 to 25 Apr 2006)
• Timothy Michael Dolan (Apostolic Administrator: 28 Sep 2007 to 9 Jul 2008)
• Adam Joseph Maida (Bishop: 8 Nov 1983 to 28 Apr 1990)
• Robert Fealey Morneau (Priest: 28 May 1966; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Dec 1978)
• David Laurin Ricken (Bishop: 9 Jul 2008 - )
• David Allen Zubik (Bishop: 10 Oct 2003 to 18 Jul 2007)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Stanislaus Vincent Bona † (Coadjutor Bishop: 2 Dec 1944; Bishop: 3 Mar 1945 to 1 Dec 1967)
• Joseph John Fox † (Priest: 7 Jun 1879; Bishop: 27 May 1904 to 7 Nov 1914)
• John Benjamin Grellinger † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 May 1949 to 21 Sep 1974)
• Frederick Francis Xavier Katzer † (Bishop: 13 Jul 1886 to 30 Jan 1891)
• Francis Xavier Krautbauer † (Bishop: 12 Feb 1875 to 17 Dec 1885)
• Joseph Melcher † (Bishop: 3 Mar 1868 to 20 Dec 1873)
• Sebastian Gebhard Messmer † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1891 to 28 Nov 1903)
• Paul Peter Rhode † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1915 to 3 Mar 1945)
• Mark Francis Schmitt † (Priest: 22 May 1948; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Apr 1970 to 21 Mar 1978)
• Aloysius John Wycislo † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1968 to 10 May 1983)