Rockford Bishopric
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Chicago |
| Diocesan bishop | David John Malloy |
| founding | 1908 |
| surface | 16,717 km² |
| Parishes | 104 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 2,052,060 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 484.150 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 23.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 173 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 39 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,284 |
| Permanent deacons | 150 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 50 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 72 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Peter |
| Website | www.rockforddiocese.org |
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The Diocese of Rockford ( lat. : Dioecesis Rockfordiensis , . English Diocese of Rockford ) is a in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Rockford , Illinois .
history
The Diocese of Rockford was established on September 27, 1908 by Pope Pius X. with the Apostolic Constitution Quae rei sacrae from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Chicago and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On December 11, 1948, the Rockford Diocese gave parts of its territory to establish the Joliet Diocese in Illinois .
territory
The Diocese of Rockford includes the state of Illinois lying areas Jo Daviess County , Stephenson County , Winnebago County , Boone County , McHenry County , Carroll County , Ogle County , DeKalb County , Whiteside County , Lee County and Kendall County .
Bishops of Rockford
- Peter James Muldoon , 1908-1927
- Edward Francis Hoban , 1928–1942, then Coadjutor Bishop of Cleveland
- John Joseph Boylan , 1942–1953
- Raymond Peter Hillinger , 1953–1956
- Donald Martin Carroll , 1956 (resigned for health reasons before the episcopal ordination)
- Loras Thomas Lane , 1956-1968
- Arthur Joseph O'Neill , 1968-1994
- Thomas George Doran , 1994–2012
- David John Malloy , since 2012
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Rockford (English)
- Entry for the Rockford diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius X: Const. Apost. Quae rei sacrae , AAS 1 (1909), n.3, pp. 201f.
- ↑ Bishops of the Rockford Diocese ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Rockford Diocese website
