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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne

Coordinates: 41°08′44″N 104°48′07″W / 41.14556°N 104.80194°W / 41.14556; -104.80194
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Diocese of Cheyenne

Dioecesis Cheyennensis
Location
Country United States
TerritoryThe State of Wyoming
Ecclesiastical provinceDenver
MetropolitanSamuel Joseph Aquila
Population
- Catholics
49,459 (8.5%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedAugust 2, 1887
CathedralSt. Mary's Cathedral
Patron saintOur Lady of the Assumption
St. Joseph
St. Therese of Lisieux
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSteven Biegler
Bishops emeritusJoseph Hubert Hart
Map
Website
dioceseofcheyenne.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne (Latin: Dioecesis Cheyennensis) is a Roman Catholic Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Denver.

The cathedral and mother church is St. Mary's Cathedral, located in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

History

On August 2, 1887, Pope Leo XIII erected the diocese from territory that had been a part of the Diocese of Omaha.[1]

Statistics and extent

As of 2014, it pastorally served 54,995 Catholics (9.5% of 576,412 total) on 252,552 km² in 37 parishes, 64 priests (61 diocesan, 3 religious), 37 deacons, 17 lay religious (3 brothers, 14 sisters), 10 seminarians.[1]

The diocese covers the state of Wyoming, as well as the parts of Yellowstone National Park in Montana and Idaho.

Bishops

  1. Maurice Francis Burke (1887-1893), appointed Bishop of Saint Joseph
  2. Thomas Mathias Lenihan (1896-1901)
  3. James Keane (1902-1911), appointed Archbishop of Dubuque
  4. Patrick McGovern (1912-1951)
  5. Hubert Newell (1951-1978)
  6. Joseph Hubert Hart (1978-2001)
  7. David L. Ricken (2001-2008), appointed Bishop of Green Bay
  8. Paul D. Etienne (2009-2016), appointed Archbishop of Anchorage
  9. Steven Biegler (2017-present)

See also

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Diocese of Cheyenne.

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/chey0.htm GCatholic
St. Mary's Cathedral

41°08′44″N 104°48′07″W / 41.14556°N 104.80194°W / 41.14556; -104.80194

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