catholic_dioceses


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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quantitative analysis, and network analysis.

Lincoln Mullen

historydata

Data Sets for Historians

catholic_dioceses function

A data frame with 425 observations of 6 variables.

Format

 <ul>
<li> <code>diocese</code>: name, and thus location, of the diocese. </li>
<li> <code>event</code>, <code>date</code>: the date when the diocese was
  <code>erected</code>, that is first founded, or made a <code>metropolitan</code> see.
  Encoded as a date object. </li>
<li> <code>rite</code>: the rite overseen by the diocese. Regions with ordinary
  jurisdiction but not episcopal character are not included. </li>
<li> <code>lat</code>, <code>long</code>: latitude and longitude coordinates for the
  headquarters city of the diocese. </li>
</ul> 

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

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