Diocese of Lansing
Lansingen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lansing, Michigan, United States
The Diocese of Lansing is a Latin Rite see in central and southern Michigan, erected in 1937 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Detroit. Bishop Earl Boyea submitted his resignation on his 75th birthday in April 2026 but continues as ordinary pending a successor.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 May 1937
- Latin
- Lansingen(sis)
- Patron
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001948
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 180,300
- Population
- 1,819,576
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.9%
- Priests
- 148
- Catholics per priest
- 1,218
- Extent
- 16,105 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Earl A. Boyea
- Born
- 10 April 1951
- Birthplace
- Pontiac
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 Cathedral stands in Lansing, 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 GaylordGaylord
- Diocese of Grand RapidsGrand Rapids
- Diocese of KalamazooKalamazoo
- Diocese of MarquetteMarquette
- Diocese of SaginawSaginaw
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.