Diocese of Gaylord
Gaylorden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gaylord, Michigan, United States
The Diocese of Gaylord is a Latin Church diocese covering the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, erected in 1970. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Detroit and is led by Bishop Jeffrey J. Walsh.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 December 1970
- Latin
- Gaylorden(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Annuario code
- 001001475
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 46,095
- Population
- 506,623
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.1%
- Priests
- 76
- Catholics per priest
- 607
- Extent
- 28,933 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.6
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
- Jeffrey J. Walsh
- Born
- 29 November 1965
- Birthplace
- Scranton
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, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral stands in Gaylord, 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 Detroit
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Detroit.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DetroitDetroit
- Diocese of Grand RapidsGrand Rapids
- Diocese of KalamazooKalamazoo
- Diocese of LansingLansing
- Diocese of MarquetteMarquette
- Diocese of SaginawSaginaw
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the northern region of Michigan in the United States, the Diocese of Gaylord (Latin: Diœcesis Gaylordensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church. It stands as a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit.
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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.