04 February 2022

Now over 50,000 Bishops!

Once again, I've been working on some older data entry for the site. In doing so, it has passed a milestone: it now has data on over 50,000 Bishops. The recent additions include many bishops from the 14th and 15th centuries. Note that the source is pretty much exhausted for now, so there won't be a lot of new additions until new sources are found.

Here is a quick table showing how the data has expanded over time:

YearMonthBishopsMonths from previous
2002Jun5,000
2002Nov10,0005
2003Oct15,00011
2006Sep20,00035
2009Jan25,00028
2011Feb30,00025
2014Jan35,00035
2018Aug40,00055
2021Mar45,00031
2022Jan50,00010

(Note: there are a few "bishops" on the site that are not really bishops. These are mostly either ordinaries of a jurisdiction such as a prefecture or cardinals that were not also bishops.)

1 comment:

James M Deshotels, SJ said...

Wow. Thanks for what you do