Archdiocese of Denver
| Archdiocese of Denver | |
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| Country | United States |
| Diocesan bishop | Samuel Joseph Aquila |
| Auxiliary bishop | Jorge Rodríguez-Novelo |
| Vicar General | Thomas Scott Fryar |
| founding | 1868 |
| surface | 101,279 km² |
| Parishes | 123 (12/31/2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Residents | 3,352,228 ( 12/31/2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Catholics | 557.049 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| proportion of | 16.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 204 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Religious priest | 100 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,832 |
| Permanent deacons | 184 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Friars | 126 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| Religious sisters | 237 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Website | www.archden.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Cheyenne Diocese of Colorado Springs Diocese of Pueblo |
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The Archdiocese of Denver ( Latin : Archidioecesis Denveriensis ) located in the USA is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church . It was founded in 1868 by Pope Pius IX. as Vicariate Apostolic Colorado and Utah removed from the diocese of Santa Fe . After it had changed its name to Apostolic Vicariate Colorado in 1879, it was on August 16, 1887 by Leo XIII. founded under the name Denver as a diocese and subordinated to the ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe.
On November 15, 1941, the diocese of Pueblo was separated from it and Denver itself was raised to an archdiocese. As such, it is still a metropolitan diocese of the suffragan dioceses of Pueblo , Cheyenne and Colorado Springs .
The archbishopric includes the areas of Adams County , Arapahoe County , Broomfield County , Denver , Jefferson County , Larimer County, and Weld County .
Bishops of Denver
- Joseph Projectus Machebeuf ( Macheboeuf ) (1868–1889)
- Nicholas Chrysostom Matz (1889–1917)
- John Henry Tihen (1917-1931)
- Urban John Vehr (1931-1941)
Archbishops of Denver
- Urban John Vehr (1941-1967)
- James Vincent Casey (1967-1986)
- James Francis Stafford (1986–1996, then President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity )
- Charles Joseph Chaput OFMCap (1997-2011)
- Samuel Joseph Aquila (since 2012)
