Diocese of New Ulm
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | John Marvin LeVoir |
| founding | 1957 |
| surface | 25,535 km² |
| Parishes | 75 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 280.243 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 56,090 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 20% |
| Diocesan priest | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,193 |
| Permanent deacons | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Trinity |
| Website | www.dnu.org |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of New Ulm ( lat. : Dioecesis Novae Ulmae , Engl. : Diocese of New Ulm ) is a in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese based in New Ulm , Minnesota .
history
The Diocese of New Ulm was on November 18, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Qui Christi from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
territory
The Diocese of New Ulm includes the areas of Big Stone County , Brown County , Chippewa County , Kandiyohi County , Lac qui Parle County , Lincoln County , Lyon County , McLeod County , Meeker County , Nicollet County , Redwood County , Renville County , in the state of Minnesota , Sibley County , Swift County, and Yellow Medicine County .
Bishops of New Ulm
- Alphonse James Schladweiler , 1957–1975
- Raymond Alphonse Lucker , 1975-2000
- John Clayton Nienstedt , 2001-2007, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
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John Marvin LeVoir , 2008-2020
- Sedis vacancy since August 6, 2020
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of New Ulm (English)
- Entry for the New Ulm diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)