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Diocese of Owensboro

Dioecesis Owensburgensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 9 December 1937
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Louisville
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Kentucky
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 32,380 (12,506 Square Miles)
  • Description: Western portion of the state of Kentucky
  • Conference Region: V (AL, KY, LA, MS, TN)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: OWN
  • Official Web Site: https://owensborodiocese.org
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 600 Locust St., Owensboro, KY 42301, USA
  • Telephone: (270)683-1545
  • Fax: 683-6883

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
9 December 1937ErectedDiocese of Louisville (Ballard, Carliste, Hickman, Fulton, McCracken, Graves, Livingston, Marshall, Calloway, Trigg, Lyon, Crittenden, Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Webster, Union, Henderson, Daviess, Eandock, McLean, Ohio, Muhlenberg, Butler, Todd, Logan, Breckinridge, ...) Diocese of Owensboro (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195030,725600,0005.1%5410644801043857ap1951
196645,879638,7397.2%707775951158369ap1967
197048,823638,5397.6%6914835882732371ap1971
197649,800690,7207.2%83191024884740351ap1977
198050,527695,0007.3%7618945373036017ap1981
199053,936786,0006.9%7818965611928378ap1991
199951,702778,2356.6%831396538522979ap2000
200050,187778,2356.4%7216885702122179ap2001
200151,235778,2356.6%81201015072422679ap2002
200252,688836,1626.3%78221005262621479ap2003
200352,047837,0466.2%78281064913220379ap2004
200451,847836,1626.2%7420945512519879ap2005
201350,100881,3055.7%8024104481242517579ap2014
201650,673892,2525.7%7129100506242916279ap2017
201951,780911,7805.7%722496539392412178ap2020
202152,300921,1705.7%7437111471433711778ap2022

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 30, Page 256, to Page 258

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