Diocese of Pueblo
Pueblen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pueblo, Colorado, United States
The Diocese of Pueblo is a Latin Church diocese covering southern Colorado, erected in 1941 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Denver. Its current ordinary is Bishop Stephen J. Berg, appointed in 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1941
- Latin
- Pueblen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Therese of Lisieux
- Annuario code
- 001002675
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 110,200
- Population
- 702,475
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 15.7%
- Priests
- 59
- Catholics per priest
- 1,868
- Extent
- 48,155 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.3
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
- Stephen J. Berg
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 Sacred Heart stands in Pueblo, 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 Denver
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Denver.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DenverDenver
- Diocese of CheyenneCheyenne
- Diocese of Colorado SpringsColorado Springs
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southern Colorado, in the United States, is served by the Diocese of Pueblo (Latin: Dioecesis Pueblensis), a Catholic diocese created in 1941 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Denver. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Pueblo.
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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.