Diocese of La Crosse
Diocese of La Crosse | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Milwaukee |
Diocesan bishop | William Patrick Callahan OFM Conv |
Vicar General | Richard William Gilles |
founding | 1868 |
surface | 39,037 km² |
Parishes | 160 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 901.157 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 161,147 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 17.9% |
Diocesan priest | 161 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 989 |
Permanent deacons | 57 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 307 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman |
Website | diolc.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse ( Latin Dioecesis Crossensis , English Diocese of La Crosse ) is a in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in La Crosse , Wisconsin .
history
The diocese of La Crosse was on March 3, 1868 by Pope Pius IX. established from cessions of territory by the Diocese of Milwaukee . On February 12, 1875, the Diocese of La Crosse was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Milwaukee as a suffragan . The diocese of La Crosse gave up on May 3, 1905 parts of its territory to establish the diocese Superior . Another assignment of territory took place on December 22, 1945 to establish the diocese of Madison .
territory
The diocese of La Crosse includes the areas of Adams County , Buffalo County , Chippewa County , Clark County , Crawford County , Dunn County , Eau Claire County , Jackson County , Juneau County , La Crosse County , Marathon County , Monroe County , Pepin, in the state of Wisconsin County , Pierce County , Portage County , Richland County , Trempealeau County , Vernon County, and Wood County .
Bishops of La Crosse
- Michael Heiss , 1868–1880, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Milwaukee
- Kilian Kaspar Flasch , 1881–1891
- James Schwebach , 1891–1921
- Alexander Joseph McGavick , 1921-1948
- John Patrick Treacy , 1948-1964
- Frederick William Freking , 1964-1983
- John Joseph Paul , 1983-1994
- Raymond Leo Burke , 1994–2003, then Archbishop of Saint Louis
- Jerome Listecki , 2004–2009, then Archbishop of Milwaukee
- William Patrick Callahan OFMConv , since 2010