Diocese of Colorado Springs
Coloratensium Fontium
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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:
- Archdiocese of DenverDenver
- Diocese of CheyenneCheyenne
- Diocese of PuebloPueblo
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.