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Archdiocese of Santa Fe

Archidioecesis Sanctae Fidei in America Septentrionali



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Bishop(s)

  • John Charles Wester, Archbishop

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 12 February 1875
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: New Mexico
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 158,296 (61,141 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: XIII (AZ, CO, NM, UT, WY)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: SFE
  • Official Web Site: https://archdiosf.org/
  • Mailing Address: Catholic Center, 4000 St. Joseph’s Place N.W., Albuquerque, NM 87120, USA
  • Telephone: (505)831-8100
  • Fax: 831-8115

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of New Mexico
19 July 1850ErectedDiocese of Durango Vicariate Apostolic of New Mexico (erected)
Diocese of Santa Fe
29 July 1853ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of New Mexico Diocese of Santa Fe
3 March 1868Territory LostDiocese of Santa Fe Vicariate Apostolic of Arizona (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Colorado and Utah (erected)
Archdiocese of Santa Fe
12 February 1875ElevatedDiocese of Santa Fe Archdiocese of Santa Fe
16 December 1939Territory LostArchdiocese of Santa Fe (San Juan, McKinley, and Catron counties and parts of Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Bernalillo, and Valencia)
Diocese of Tucson (Mohave, Coronino, Yavapai, Navajo, and Apache)
Diocese of Gallup (erected)
17 August 1982Territory LostDiocese of El Paso (Counties of Doņa Ana, Eddy, Grant, Hildago, Lea, Luna, and Otero)
Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Counties of Chavez, Lincoln, and Sierra)
Diocese of Las Cruces (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Santa Fe
1950205,000450,00045.6%115751901,0789656071ap1951
1966252,317656,38938.4%14713227990418562689ap1967
1970678,650.0%1221292510275440ap1971*
1976300,000800,00037.5%130822121,4152217635394ap1977
1980325,000822,00039.5%126802061,5774116840695ap1981
1990300,000841,00035.7%1291042331,28711017730992ap1991
1999257,2581,044,37624.6%106891951,3191369127391ap2000
2000275,9551,045,42026.4%124842081,32614719126391ap2001
2001286,1551,071,23826.7%127922191,30614619625492ap2002
2002287,0551,083,06926.5%131822131,34714318924692ap2003
2003307,4361,111,07127.7%129852141,43614218323592ap2004
2004254,1101,260,38520.2%128862141,18719917324593ap2005
2010314,1831,429,00022.0%126862121,48121616717392ap2011
2014323,8501,473,00022.0%126812071,56421513913093ap2015
2017327,9641,310,63725.0%126661921,70821113011493ap2018
2020326,3001,305,19525.0%128732011,6232201598493ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Santa Fe
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 174

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