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Diocese of Ogdensburg

Ogdensburgen(sis)

The Diocese of Ogdensburg, erected in 1872, serves the North Country region of New York. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of New York and led by Bishop Terry R. LaValley.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
15 February 1872
Latin
Ogdensburgen(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Annuario code
001002446

The see in figures

Catholics
108,096
Population
421,694
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
25.6%
Priests
89
Catholics per priest
1,215
Extent
31,173 km²
Catholics per km²
3.5

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
Terry R. LaValley
Born
26 March 1956
Birthplace
Plattsburgh

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's Cathedral stands in Ogdensburg, 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 New York

A suffragan of Archdiocese of New York.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Founded in 1872, the Diocese of Ogdensburg (Latin: Dioecesis Ogdensburgensis) serves the North Country region of New York State in the United States as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of New York. Its territory takes in all of Clinton, Essex, Lewis, Hamilton and St. Lawrence counties along with the northern portion of Herkimer county. St. Mary's in Ogdensburg is its cathedral, and Terry R. LaValley 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.