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Diocese of Colorado Springs

Coloratensium Fontium

The Diocese of Colorado Springs is a Latin Church diocese in central Colorado, erected in 1983 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Denver. The see is sede vacante after Bishop James Golka was installed as Archbishop of Denver in March 2026, with Very Rev. Kyle Ingels serving as diocesan administrator.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
10 November 1983
Latin
Coloratensium Fontium
Patron
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Annuario code
001001193

The see in figures

Catholics
176,000
Population
1,102,775
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
16.0%
Priests
73
Catholics per priest
2,411
Extent
40,285 km²
Catholics per km²
4.4

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

Diocesan Administrator
Kyle Ingels

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 Colorado Springs, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Established in 1983, the Diocese of Colorado Springs (Latin: Dioecesis Coloratensium Fontium) covers central Colorado in the United States. Its seat is St. Mary's Cathedral in Colorado Springs.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.