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Diocese of Salt Lake City

Dioecesis Civitatis Lacus Salsi



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Bishop(s)

  • Oscar Azarcon Solis, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 31 March 1951
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Las Vegas
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Utah
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 219,887 (84,931 Square Miles)
  • Description: Entire state of Utah
  • Conference Region: XIII (AZ, CO, NM, UT, WY)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: SAL
  • Official Web Site: https://www.dioslc.org/
  • Mailing Address: 27 C Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84103, USA
  • Telephone: (801)328-8641
  • Fax: 328-0324

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Utah
1887ErectedArchdiocese of San Francisco Vicariate Apostolic of Utah (erected)
Diocese of Salt Lake
27 January 1891ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Utah (Name changed and Vicariate raised to a Diocese) Diocese of Salt Lake (erected)
27 March 1931Territory LostDiocese of Salt Lake (Clark, Elko, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Nye, and White Pine)
Diocese of Sacramento (Churchill, Douglas, Esmeralda, Humbodt, Lyon, Mineral, Ormsby, Storey, and Washoe)
Diocese of Reno (erected)
Diocese of Salt Lake City
31 March 1951Name ChangedDiocese of Salt Lake Diocese of Salt Lake City
30 May 2023Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Salt Lake City (from San Francisco)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Salt Lake
195023,392640,0003.7%3519544333817326ap1951
Diocese of Salt Lake City
196651,7691,003,0005.2%62421044976519435ap1967
197050,4831,063,0004.7%5244965256217636ap1971
197651,8151,207,0004.3%4142836246212138ap1977
198059,7441,367,0004.4%474491656226011039ap1981
199065,7191,715,0003.8%49419073024599543ap1991
199998,8002,591,0453.8%5432861,14840126043ap2000
2000103,8252,100,0004.9%5326791,31439375847ap2001
2001107,0002,130,0005.0%5628841,27343405247ap2002
2002120,0002,233,0005.4%5729861,39541415847ap2003
2003125,0002,295,9715.4%5825831,50644375447ap2004
2004150,0002,316,2566.5%5829871,72470415047ap2005
2010250,0002,736,4249.1%5723803,12571334048ap2011
2014291,0002,900,87210.0%627694,21775142948ap2015
2015295,0002,946,10010.0%647714,15476102748ap2016
2017305,1223,051,21710.0%537605,0857692748ap2018
2020320,5963,205,95810.0%57575,6248112449ap2021
2022333,7983,337,97510.0%696754,4508462248ap2023

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


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