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Diocese of Shreveport

Dioecesis Sreveportuensis in Louisiana



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Split: 16 June 1986
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Louisiana
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 28,837 (11,138 Square Miles)
  • Description: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, East Carroll, Jackson, Lincoln, Morehouse, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Sabine, Union, Webster, and West Carroll
  • Conference Region: V (AL, KY, LA, MS, TN)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: SHP
  • Official Web Site: https://www.dioshpt.org
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 3500 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104, USA
  • Telephone: (318)219-7256
  • Fax: 868-4469

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
16 June 1986SplitDiocese of Alexandria-Shreveport Diocese of Alexandria
Diocese of Shreveport (Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union, Morehouse, West Carroll, DeSoto, Bienville, Jackson, Ouachita, Richland, Red River, and Sabine)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199040,650813,0005.0%4213557397169551ap1991
199937,877770,1294.9%411455688615331ap2000
200038,396770,0615.0%3715527385175132ap2001
200138,929778,6335.0%3916557076215132ap2002
200239,476777,3185.1%3915547316205332ap2003
200339,056782,5915.0%4111527516185432ap2004
200439,436784,6655.0%4217596686275832ap2005
201041,693848,0004.9%34154985021193427ap2011
201443,000873,0004.9%34175184317222427ap2015
201741,505814,9565.1%30174788333212427ap2018
202042,110801,6145.3%2712391,07934152127ap2021
202242,467808,4505.3%3012421,01133131927ap2023

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 78, Page 963, and Page 964

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