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Diocese of Kalamazoo

Kalamazuen(sis)

The Diocese of Kalamazoo is a Latin Church diocese in southwestern Michigan, erected in 1970. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Detroit, with the Cathedral of Saint Augustine as its mother church.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
19 December 1970
Latin
Kalamazuen(sis)
Patron
St. Augustine of Hippo
Annuario code
001001782

The see in figures

Catholics
101,888
Population
952,812
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
10.7%
Priests
75
Catholics per priest
1,359
Extent
13,823 km²
Catholics per km²
7.4

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

Bishop
Edward M. Lohse
Born
23 November 1961
Birthplace
Erie

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 Saint Augustine stands in Kalamazoo, 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:

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

History

Southwestern Michigan in the United States is the territory of the Diocese of Kalamazoo (Latin: Dioecesis Kalamazuensis), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit. The Cathedral of Saint Augustine in Kalamazoo serves as its mother church, and Edward Lohse is the bishop.

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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.