Diocese of Salt Lake City
Civitatis Lacus Salsi
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
The Diocese of Salt Lake City is a Latin Church diocese covering the entire state of Utah, erected in 1891. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Las Vegas and seated at the Cathedral of the Madeleine.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1891
- Latin
- Civitatis Lacus Salsi
- Patron
- Mary Magdalene
- Annuario code
- 001002855
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 324,988
- Population
- 3,249,879
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 10.0%
- Priests
- 75
- Catholics per priest
- 4,333
- Extent
- 220,123 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
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
- Oscar A. Solis
- Born
- 13 October 1953
- Birthplace
- San Jose
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 Madeleine stands in Salt Lake City, 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 RenoReno
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The entire State of Utah forms the territory of the Diocese of Salt Lake City (Latin: Diœcesis Civitatis Lacus Salsi), a Catholic diocese in the United States and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Las Vegas. The Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City is its mother church, and Oscar Azarcon Solis serves as bishop.
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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.