Grand Rapids Diocese

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Grand Rapids Diocese
Map of Grand Rapids Diocese
Basic data
Country United States
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Detroit
Diocesan bishop David Walkowiak
Emeritus diocesan bishop Walter Allison Hurley
Robert John Rose
Vicar General William H. Duncan
founding 1882
surface 17,592 km²
Parishes 82 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 1,382,688 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 197.213 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 14.3%
Diocesan priest 119 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 17 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 1,450
Permanent deacons 38 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 18 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 295 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral Cathedral of St. Andrew
Website www.dioceseofgrandrapids.org
Ecclesiastical province
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The diocese of Grand Rapids (Latin Dioecesis Grandormensis , Eng. Diocese of Grand Rapids ) located in the USA is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church with its seat in Grand Rapids .

It was established on May 19, 1882 from areas of the Archdiocese of Detroit. It itself gave up areas in 1938 and 1970 to establish the dioceses of Saginaw , Gaylord and Kalamazoo , so that today it is the areas of Mason County , Lake County , Osceola County , Oceana County , Mecosta County , Muskegon County , Newaygo County , Montcalm Includes County , Ottawa County , Kent County, and Ionia County .

Bishops of Grand Rapids

  1. Henry Richter (1883-1916)
  2. Michael Gallagher (1916-1918)
  3. Edward D. Kelly (1919-1926)
  4. Joseph G. Pinten (1926–1940)
  5. Joseph C. Plagens (1940–1943)
  6. Francis J. Haas (1943–1953)
  7. Allen James Babcock (1954-1969)
  8. Joseph M. Breitenbeck (1969–1989)
  9. Robert John Rose (1989-2003)
  10. Kevin Michael Britt (2003-2004)
  11. Walter Allison Hurley (2005-2013)
  12. David Walkowiak (since 2013)

Web links

Cathedral : Saint Andrew