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Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana

Lafayetten(sis) in Indiana

The Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana is a Latin Church diocese covering north-central Indiana, erected in 1944. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, with the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception as its mother church.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
21 October 1944
Latin
Lafayetten(sis) in Indiana
Patron
Immaculate Conception
Annuario code
001001933

The see in figures

Catholics
111,200
Population
1,292,100
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
8.6%
Priests
88
Catholics per priest
1,264
Extent
25,465 km²
Catholics per km²
4.4

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
Timothy L. Doherty

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 Mary of the Immaculate Conception stands in Lafayette, 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:

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

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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.