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Diocese of Duluth

Duluthen(sis)

The Diocese of Duluth is a Latin Rite diocese covering ten counties in northeastern Minnesota, erected in 1889. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and is led by Bishop Daniel J. Felton.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
3 October 1889
Latin
Duluthen(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
Annuario code
001001329

The see in figures

Catholics
41,000
Population
447,568
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
9.2%
Priests
71
Catholics per priest
577
Extent
57,897 km²
Catholics per km²
0.7

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
Daniel J. Felton
Born
5 February 1955
Birthplace
Portsmouth

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

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary stands in Duluth, 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 Saint Paul and Minneapolis

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Northeastern Minnesota in the United States forms the Diocese of Duluth (Latin: Dioecesis Duluthensis), a Catholic see whose mother church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Duluth.

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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.