Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids

Diocese of Grand Rapids Dioecesis Grandcataractensis
Cathedral of St. Andrew, Grand Rapids
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Counties of Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Montcalm, Mecosta, Lake, Mason, and Osceola
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Detroit
Metropolitan	Grand Rapids, Michigan
Population - Catholics	162,670
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	May 19, 1882
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Andrew
Patron saint	St. Andrew
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Walter A. Hurley Bishop of Grand Rapids
Metropolitan Archbishop	Allen Henry Vigneron Archbishop of Detroit
Map
Website
dioceseofgrandrapids.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids (Latin: Dioecesis Grandcataractensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in western Michigan, in the United States. It comprises 102 churches in Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Montcalm, Mecosta, Lake, Mason, and Osceola counties in Michigan. The diocese was created on May 19, 1882 by Pope Leo XIII. The motherchurch of the diocese is the Cathedral of St. Andrew.

The prelate of the diocese is the bishop. On June 21, 2005, more than a year after the death of the previous bishop, Kevin Britt, Pope Benedict XVI named Walter A. Hurley the eleventh Bishop of Grand Rapids. Hurley was installed on August 4.

Bishops

1. Henry Richter (1883-1916)
2. Michael J. Gallagher (1916-1918)
3. Edward D. Kelly (1919-1926)
4. Joseph G. Pinten (1926-1940)
5. Joseph C. Plagens 1941-1943)
6. Francis J. Haas (1943-1953)
7. Allen James Babcock (1954-1970)
8. Joseph M. Breitenbeck (1969-1989)
9. Robert John Rose (1989-2003)
10. Kevin Michael Britt (2003-2004)
11. Walter A. Hurley (2005-present)

Auxiliary bishops

1. Joseph Crescent McKinney

High schools

• Catholic Central High School, Grand Rapids
• Muskegon Catholic Central High School, Muskegon
• St. Patrick High School, Portland
• West Catholic High School, Grand Rapids

External links

• Diocese of Grand Rapids
• Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Grand Rapids
• WOOD TV8: Hurley named Bishop of Grand Rapids