Diocese of Duluth
Duluthen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Duluth, Minnesota, United States
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:
- Archdiocese of Saint Paul and MinneapolisSaint Paul
- Diocese of BismarckBismarck
- Diocese of CrookstonCrookston
- Diocese of FargoFargo
- Diocese of New UlmNew Ulm
- Diocese of Rapid CityRapid City
- Diocese of Saint CloudSaint Cloud
- Diocese of Sioux FallsSioux Falls
- Diocese of Winona-RochesterWinona
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.