Bishopric of Saint Cloud
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis |
| Diocesan bishop | Donald Joseph Kettler |
| Vicar General | Robert Rolfes |
| founding | 1875 |
| surface | 31,730 km² |
| Parishes | 134 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 570,680 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 133.215 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 23.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 99 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 101 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 666 |
| Permanent deacons | 56 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 212 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 374 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Mary |
| Website | www.stcdio.org |
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The diocese of Saint Cloud ( Latin : Dioecesis Sancti Clodoaldi , English : Diocese of Saint Cloud ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Minnesota in the United States , with its seat in Saint Cloud .
history
Pope Pius IX founded the Vicariate Apostolic North Minnesota on February 12, 1875 from cessions of territory of the diocese of Saint Paul .
On September 22, 1889, it was raised to a diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Saint Paul as a suffragan diocese. It lost part of its territory on October 3 of this year in favor of the establishment of the diocese of Duluth .
territory
The diocese of Saint Cloud includes the counties of Stearns , Sherburne , Benton , Morrison , Mille Lacs , Kennebec , Isanti , Pope , Stevens , Traverse , Grant , Douglas , Wilkin , Otter Tail , Todd and Wadena of the state of Minnesota.
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Northern Minnesota
- Rupert Seidenbusch OSB (February 12, 1875– October 19, 1888)
Bishops of Saint Cloud
- Johann Joseph Friedrich Otto Zardetti (September 22, 1889– March 6, 1894, then Archbishop ad personam of Bucharest )
- Martin Marty OSB (January 21, 1895– September 19, 1896)
- James Trobec (July 5, 1897– April 15, 1914)
- Joseph Francis Busch (January 19, 1915– May 31, 1953)
- Peter William Bartholome (May 31, 1953– January 31, 1968)
- George Henry Speltz (January 31, 1968– January 13, 1987)
- Jerome George Hanus OSB (July 6, 1987– August 23, 1994, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque )
- John Francis Kinney (May 9, 1995-20 September 2013)
- Donald Joseph Kettler , (since September 20, 2013)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the diocese of Saint Cloud on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the diocese of Saint Cloud on gcatholic.org (English)
