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Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau

Dioecesis Campifontis-Capitis Girardeauensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Edward Matthew Rice, Bishop
  • John Joseph Leibrecht, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 2 July 1956
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Saint Louis
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Missouri
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 66,612 (25,728 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: IX (IA, KS, MO, NE)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: SPC
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioscg.org/
  • Mailing Address: The Catholic Centre, 601 South Jefferson Ave., Springfield, MO 65806, USA
  • Telephone: (417)866-0841
  • Fax: 866-1140

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
2 July 1956ErectedDiocese of Kansas City (Counties of: Cedar, Polk, Dallas, Laclede, Barton, Dade, Greene, Webster, Wright, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, Barry, Stone, Christian, Douglas, Donald, Taney, and the Ozarks)
Archdiocese of Saint Louis (Counties of: Dent, Iron, Texas, Shannon, Reynolds, Madison, Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Howell, Oregon, Carter, Ripley, Wayne, Butler, Stoddard, Scott, Mississippi, New Madrid, Dunklin, and Pemiscott)
Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196636,197823,0274.4%74471212997531292ap1967
197038,814823,0474.7%68481163345926859ap1971
197638,816833,6694.7%735112431328423890ap1977
198048,832856,0005.7%7059129378114522589ap1981
199048,8641,098,0004.5%7066136359413617586ap1991
199957,4391,155,6005.0%766414041077712564ap2000
200059,0381,177,2735.0%7367140421817911065ap2001
200161,7881,187,3395.2%82631454261017110965ap2002
200262,8251,059,6065.9%78691474271017610465ap2003
200363,1621,226,0795.2%805513546781379865ap2004
200463,2401,226,0795.2%785313148281189365ap2005
201068,2171,269,1805.4%7557132516161167766ap2011
201470,3001,309,0005.4%6765132532221096666ap2015
201764,1451,353,8294.7%6858126509211066066ap2018
202064,5771,372,8004.7%705012053826925666ap2021

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 49, Page 52, to Page 55

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