Diocese of Marquette
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Detroit |
| Diocesan bishop | John Doerfler |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | James Henry Garland |
| founding | 1853 |
| surface | 42,152 km² |
| Parishes | 74 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 317,616 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 68,360 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 21.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 88 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 684 |
| Permanent deacons | 28 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Friars | 12 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 58 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Peter Cathedral |
| Website | www.dioceseofmarquette.org |
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The Diocese of Marquette ( Latin : Dioecesis Marquettensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Michigan in the United States , with its seat in Marquette .
history
Pope Pius IX founded the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Michigan on July 29, 1853 from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Detroit .
On January 9, 1857 it was raised to the diocese of Sault Sainte Marie , which was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati as a suffragan diocese. The name of the Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie - Marquette took it on October 23, 1865.
On January 12, 1875, it became part of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee . On January 3, 1937, it took its current name. On May 22 of the same year it became part of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Archdiocese of Detroit.
territory
The Diocese of Marquette includes the Upper Peninsula , the Counties Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon and Schoolcraft of the state of Michigan.
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Upper Michigan
- Ireneus Frederic Baraga (1853-1857)
Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie
- Ireneus Frederic Baraga (January 9, 1857– October 23, 1865)
Bishops of Sault Sainte Marie-Marquette
- Ireneus Frederic Baraga (October 23, 1865– January 19, 1868)
- Ignatius Mrak (September 25, 1868– April 28, 1879)
- John Vertin (May 16, 1879– February 26, 1899)
- Friedrich Eis (June 7, 1899– July 8, 1922)
- Paul Joseph Nussbaum CP (November 14, 1922– June 24, 1935)
- Joseph Casimir Plagens (November 16, 1935– January 3, 1937)
Bishops of Marquette
- Joseph Casimir Plagens (1937-1940)
- Franz Joseph Magner (1940–1947)
- Thomas Lawrence Noa (1947–1968)
- Charles Salatka (1968–1977)
- Mark Francis Schmitt (1978-1992)
- James Henry Garland (1992-2005)
- Alexander King Sample (2005-2013)
- John Doerfler (since 2013)