Diocese of Lansing
Diocese of Lansing | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Detroit |
Diocesan bishop | Earl Alfred Boyea |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Carl Frederick Mengeling |
founding | 1937 |
surface | 16,098 km² |
Parishes | 95 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Residents | 1,778,475 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Catholics | 227,305 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
proportion of | 12.8% |
Diocesan priest | 151 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Religious priest | 33 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,235 |
Permanent deacons | 79 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Friars | 40 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Religious sisters | 456 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | St. Mary Cathedral |
Website | www.dioceseoflansing.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing ( lat. : Dioecesis Lansingensis ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Lansing . It includes the nine counties of Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Shiawassee, and Washtenaw of the state of Michigan .
history
Pope Pius XI founded it on May 22, 1937 from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Detroit , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese. On December 19, 1970 it lost part of its territory to the diocese of Kalamazoo .
Bishops of Lansing
- Joseph Henry Albers (August 4, 1937– December 1, 1965, died)
- Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski (December 1, 1965– May 16, 1975, died)
- Kenneth Joseph Povish (October 8, 1975– November 7, 1995, retired)
- Carl Frederick Mengeling (November 7, 1995– February 27, 2008, retired)
- Earl Alfred Boyea , since February 27, 2008