Diocese of Crookston

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Diocese of Crookston
Map of Crookston Bishopric
Basic data
Country United States
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Diocesan bishop Michael Joseph Hoeppner
Emeritus diocesan bishop Victor Herman Balke
Vicar General David Baumgartner
founding 1909
surface 44,574 km²
Parishes 66 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 274,926 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 32,089 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 11.7%
Diocesan priest 47 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 2 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 655
Permanent deacons 19 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 2 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 55 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Website www.crookston.org
Ecclesiastical province
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Coat of arms of Crookston Bishopric

The Diocese of Crookston ( lat. : Dioecesis Crookstoniensis , Engl. : Diocese of Crookston ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese based in Crookston , Minnesota .

history

The diocese was established on December 31, 1909 by Pope Pius X from cession of territory to the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and subordinated to this as a suffragan .

territory

The Diocese of Crookston comprises the areas of Becker County , Beltrami County , Clay County , Clearwater County , Hubbard County , Kittson County , Lake of the Woods County , Marshall County , Mahnomen County , Norman County , Pennington County , Polk County , Red in the state of Minnesota Lake County and Roseau County .

Bishops of Crookston

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