catholic_dioceses: Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States, Canada, and...

Description Usage Format Variables References Examples

Description

Dates when Roman Catholic dioceses and archdioceses in the United States were founded or made metropolitan sees, with geocoded locations. The sources cited indicate that none of these sees have been discontinued.

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Format

A data frame with 425 observations of 6 variables.

Variables

References

This data is compiled from several sources:

Joseph Bernard Code, Dictionary of the American Hierarchy (1789-1964) (New York: Joseph F. Wagner, 1964), 425-26.

For the United States since 1963, Canada, and Mexicode: http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/

Examples

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Example output

                     diocese  rite      lat      long   event       date
1        Baltimore, Maryland Latin 39.29038 -76.61219 erected 1789-04-06
2     New Orleans, Louisiana Latin 29.95107 -90.07153 erected 1793-04-25
3      Boston, Massachusetts Latin 42.35843 -71.05977 erected 1808-04-08
4       Louisville, Kentucky Latin 38.25266 -85.75846 erected 1808-04-08
5         New York, New York Latin 40.71435 -74.00597 erected 1808-04-08
6 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Latin 39.95233 -75.16379 erected 1808-04-08

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