Diocese of Gary
Garien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gary, Indiana, United States
The Diocese of Gary is a Latin Church diocese covering Lake, Porter, LaPorte, and Starke counties in northwestern Indiana, erected in 1956. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and is led by Bishop Robert J. McClory.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 December 1956
- Latin
- Garien(sis)
- Patron
- Guardian Angels
- Annuario code
- 001001471
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 170,144
- Population
- 795,178
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 21.4%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 2,050
- Extent
- 4,680 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Robert J. McClory
- Born
- 10 October 1963
- Birthplace
- Detroit
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 the Holy Angels stands in Gary, 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 Indianapolis
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of IndianapolisIndianapolis
- Diocese of EvansvilleEvansville
- Diocese of Fort Wayne-South BendFort Wayne
- Diocese of Lafayette in IndianaLafayette
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1956, the Diocese of Gary (Latin: Dioecesis Gariensis) serves the Catholic Church in northwest Indiana in the United States. It belongs as a suffragan see to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary, and its bishop is Robert J. McClory.
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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.