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Archdiocese of Mobile

Archidioecesis Mobiliensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Thomas John Rodi, Archbishop

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Alabama and the Floridas
29 August 1825ErectedDiocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans) Vicariate Apostolic of Alabama and the Floridas (erected)
Diocese of Mobile
15 May 1829ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Alabama and the Floridas Diocese of Mobile (erected) (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese; Alabama and Florida)
18 June 1834Territory AddedDiocese of Mobile (AL and FL)
19 July 1850Territory LostDiocese of Charleston
Diocese of Mobile
Diocese of Savannah (erected) (State of Georgia and Florida to the Appalachicola River)
19 July 1850Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Galveston (from Baltimore to New Orleans)
Diocese of Little Rock (from Baltimore to New Orleans)
Diocese of Mobile (from Baltimore to New Orleans)
Diocese of Natchez (from Baltimore to New Orleans)
Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham
30 April 1954Name ChangedDiocese of Mobile Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham
2 March 1968Territory LostDiocese of Mobile-Birmingham (Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Homes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and Washington) Diocese of Saint Augustine
28 June 1969SplitDiocese of Mobile-Birmingham Diocese of Birmingham
Diocese of Mobile
Diocese of Mobile
28 June 1969SplitDiocese of Mobile-Birmingham Diocese of Birmingham
Diocese of Mobile
Archdiocese of Mobile
29 July 1980ElevatedDiocese of Mobile Archdiocese of Mobile

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Mobile
195070,7393,048,8912.3%124178302234192630101ap1951
Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham
1966131,8644,402,3713.0%198216414318340829141ap1967
Diocese of Mobile
197042,5181,229,1313.5%708315327711435966ap1971
197648,3531,229,1313.9%789116928611728671ap1977
Archdiocese of Mobile
198054,8391,370,0004.0%84781623381511827373ap1981
199066,1191,526,1004.3%8957146452227024393ap1991
199966,0131,452,5064.5%10740147449411620176ap2000
200069,2141,452,5084.8%8244126549395619683ap2001
200166,3251,600,0204.1%9841139477375318176ap2002
200268,5821,640,6834.2%9535130527374617976ap2003
200364,8211,640,6834.0%9734131494634617076ap2004
200465,5881,652,3984.0%10132133493614215676ap2005
201367,4881,772,8733.8%8831119567494110776ap2014
201677,6791,793,6394.3%853311865863409575ap2017
201987,9121,801,2744.9%812911079966369376ap2020
202186,6971,808,8864.8%772310086665288876ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Mobile
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 174
  • Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 606, and Page 607
  • Archdiocese of Mobile
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 72, Page 798, and Page 799
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