CatholicData

With over a billion members and 400,000 priests, the Catholic Church is one of the largest organizations in the world. And with a history reaching back over 2,000 years, it is also one of the oldest.

This site collects and curates information about people, places, regions, events, organizations, and literature of the Catholic Church (both Latin and Eastern Rites). As often as possible, we obtain information from official Church sources such as Vatican press releases and Diocesan announcements.

By gathering Catholic information into a comprehensive database, we hope to facilitate the study of the rich history of the Church, to foster the development of technical tools such as apps and visualizations, and to bring people to a deeper understanding of Catholicism.

One can measure the maturity of any dataset in terms of its breadth, depth, and accuracy. By breadth, we mean how comprehensive is the data; by depth, we mean how many possible data points are actually collected and available; and by accuracy, we mean how free is the data from factual errors and typos. This dataset currently includes:

Find further statistics here.

We plan to add the following further information:


Below are available data endpoints and links to further documentation.

Regions

Places

People

Organizations

Documents