Diocese of Cheyenne
Cheyennen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States
The Diocese of Cheyenne, erected in 1887, is coextensive with the state of Wyoming. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Denver, it has been led by Bishop Steven R. Biegler since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 August 1887
- Latin
- Cheyennen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Assumption
- Annuario code
- 001001120
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 54,995
- Population
- 576,851
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.5%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 1,078
- Extent
- 262,333 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Steven R. Biegler
- Born
- 22 March 1959
- Birthplace
- Mobridge
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral stands in Cheyenne, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Denver
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Denver.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DenverDenver
- Diocese of Colorado SpringsColorado Springs
- Diocese of PuebloPueblo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The whole of Wyoming, together with the portions of Yellowstone National Park lying in Montana and Idaho, belongs to the Diocese of Cheyenne (Latin: Dioecesis Cheyennensis), a Catholic diocese in the United States. St. Mary's Cathedral in Cheyenne, Wyoming serves as its cathedral, and the see is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Denver.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.