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Diocese of Biloxi

Dioecesis Biloxiiensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 1 March 1977
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Mobile
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Mississippi
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 25,001 (9,656 Square Miles)
  • Description: Jackson, Harrison, Hancock, George, Stone, Pearl River, Greene, Perry, Forrest, Lamar, Marion, Walthall, Wayne, Jones, Covington, Jefferson Davis, and Lawrence Counties.
  • Conference Region: V (AL, KY, LA, MS, TN)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: BLX
  • Official Web Site: http://www.biloxidiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 1790 Popps Ferry Rd., Biloxi, MS 39532, USA
  • Telephone: (228)702-2114
  • Fax: 702-2178

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
1 March 1977ErectedDiocese of Natchez-Jackson (Jackson, Harrison, Hancock, George, Stone, Pearl River, Greene, Perry, Forrest, Lamar, Marion, Walthall, Wayne, Jones, Covington, Jefferson Davis, and Lawrence) Diocese of Biloxi (erected)
29 July 1980Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Biloxi (from New Orleans)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
198052,434583,0009.0%6130915764959342ap1981
199055,517640,8998.7%6427916107807944ap1991
199966,507726,4769.2%56288479120325544ap2000
200067,862737,3739.2%67279472119556244ap2001
200168,043748,4339.1%70279770119595944ap2002
200270,630759,6599.3%70299971320565645ap2003
200373,286778,2569.4%67289577127464745ap2004
200472,158789,9309.1%67299675126544645ap2005
200667,244813,8068.3%64178183027344442ap2007
201271,500857,0008.3%57258287131373742ap2013
201559,745815,4947.3%62228471138323443ap2016
201657,912818,8017.1%61208171440302843ap2017
201859,643822,8157.2%59228173644322543ap2019
202056,718829,0966.8%63198269149291943ap2021
202253,666831,2026.5%57217868845311943ap2023

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 69, Page 250, and Page 251
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 72, Page 798, and Page 799

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