Diocese of Crookston
Diocese of Crookston | |
Basic data | |
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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 | |
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
- Timothy Corbett , 1910-1938
- John Hubert Peschges , 1938–1944
- Francis Joseph Schenk , 1945–1960, then Bishop of Duluth
- Lawrence Alexander Glenn , 1960–1970
- Kenneth Joseph Povish , 1970–1975, then Bishop of Lansing
- Victor Herman Balke , 1976-2007
- Michael Joseph Hoeppner , since 2007
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Crookston (English)
- Entry on Crookston Diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)