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Diocese of New Ulm

Novae Ulmae

The Diocese of New Ulm is a Latin Church diocese in western Minnesota erected in 1957, covering 15 counties. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
18 November 1957
Latin
Novae Ulmae
Patron
Mary, Mother of God
Annuario code
001002380

The see in figures

Catholics
42,068
Population
282,719
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
14.9%
Priests
47
Catholics per priest
895
Extent
25,545 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
Chad W. Zielinski
Born
8 September 1964
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 Trinity stands in New Ulm, 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 Saint Paul and Minneapolis

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Western Minnesota is the territory of the Diocese of New Ulm (Latin: Dioecesis Novae Ulmae), a Catholic see suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Its cathedral parish is the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm.

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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.