Springfield Diocese
Springfield Diocese | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Boston |
Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
Apostolic Administrator | Robert Joseph McManus |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Timothy Anthony McDonnell |
founding | 1870 |
surface | 7,306 km² |
Parishes | 80 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 824.161 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 200,900 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 24.4% |
Diocesan priest | 133 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 34 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,203 |
Permanent deacons | 177 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Friars | 49 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 312 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Saint Michael's Cathedral |
Website | www.diospringfield.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Diocese of Springfield ( Latin Dioecesis Campifontis , English Diocese of Springfield ) is a in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Springfield , Massachusetts .
history
The Diocese of Springfield was on June 14, 1870 by Pope Pius IX. Erected with the Apostolic Constitution Ex commissi Nobis from cession of territory by the Diocese of Boston . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Boston as a suffragan . On January 14, 1950, the Diocese of Springfield gave parts of its territory establishing the Diocese of Worcester .
territory
The Diocese of Springfield comprises the areas of Berkshire County , Franklin County , Hampden County and Hampshire County in the state of Massachusetts .
Bishops of Springfield
- Patrick Thomas O'Reilly , 1870-1892
- Thomas Daniel Beaven , 1892–1920
- Thomas Mary O'Leary , 1921-1949
- Christopher Joseph Weldon , 1950–1977
- Joseph Francis Maguire , 1977-1991
- John Aloysius Marshall , 1991-1994
- Thomas Ludger Dupré , 1995-2004
- Timothy Anthony McDonnell , 2004-2014
- Mitchell Thomas Rozanski , 2014–2020, then Archbishop of Saint Louis
- Sedis vacancy , since 2020
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Springfield (English)
- Entry for the Diocese of Springfield on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)