Diocese of Reno
Renen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Reno, Nevada, United States
The Diocese of Reno is a Latin Rite diocese covering northern Nevada. Erected in 1931, it became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Las Vegas when that province was created in 2023, and is led by Bishop Daniel Henry Mueggenborg, appointed in 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 March 1931
- Latin
- Renen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Snow and the Holy Family
- Annuario code
- 001002741
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 132,982
- Population
- 835,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 15.9%
- Priests
- 46
- Catholics per priest
- 2,891
- Extent
- 183,506 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
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
- Daniel Henry Mueggenborg
- Born
- 15 April 1962
- Birthplace
- Okarche
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. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral stands in Reno, 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 Las Vegas
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Las Vegas.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Las VegasLas Vegas
- Diocese of Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Northern Nevada is served by the Diocese of Reno (Latin: Dioecesis Renensis), a Catholic diocese of the United States and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Las Vegas. St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno serves as its mother church. At present the bishop's seat stands vacant.
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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.