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Diocese of Joliet in Illinois

Dioecesis Joliettensis in Illinois



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Bishop(s)

  • Ronald Aldon Hicks, Bishop
  • Robert Daniel Conlon, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 11 December 1948
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Chicago
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Illinois
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 10,925 (4,219 Square Miles)
  • Description: Comprises the Counties of Du Page, Kankakee, Will, Grundy, Ford, Iroquois and Kendall in the State of Illinois.
  • Conference Region: VII (IL, IN, WI)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: JOL
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseofjoliet.org/
  • Mailing Address: 16555 Weber Road, Crest Hill, Joliet, IL 60403, USA
  • Telephone: (815) 221-6100
  • Fax: 221-6101

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
11 December 1948ErectedArchdiocese 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
194990,544355,57325.5%831302134256192972ap1951
1965275,000810,00034.0%1742444186573861,102103ap1967
1970310,820925,00033.6%1712614327194711,064106ap1971
1976374,0001,060,00035.3%19518437998653331,146110ap1977
1980411,0001,191,00034.5%1922023941,043363221,104111ap1981
1990445,0001,321,00033.7%1971593561,250139280948116ap1991
1999538,0781,494,97836.0%1971063031,77514090765120ap2000
2000571,7421,494,97838.2%1831022852,006152193696120ap2001
2001591,7061,609,74036.8%1791012802,113152193669120ap2002
2002609,2521,647,91437.0%1891092982,044174196655120ap2003
2003620,3631,694,17336.6%1841203042,040171206652122ap2004
2004625,1891,734,30436.0%1821132952,119171189631122ap2005
2006655,0511,808,30836.2%1821112932,23599183593121ap2007
2010655,4151,904,00034.4%1731102832,315209173496120ap2011
2013668,0001,947,00034.3%1741142882,319211166467120ap2014
2015604,0451,939,46531.1%1731102832,134214159437120ap2016
2016600,8361,916,53131.4%1691112802,145208168428119ap2017
2019628,2301,945,54732.3%168972652,370246143366117ap2020
2021630,8551,950,67832.3%161902512,513218138370118ap2022

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 41, Page 397, to Page 399

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