Diocese of Superior
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Milwaukee |
| Diocesan bishop | James Patrick Powers |
| founding | 1905 |
| surface | 40,701 km² |
| Parishes | 103 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 446.140 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 65,235 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 14.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 54 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,125 |
| Permanent deacons | 61 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 6 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 64 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the King |
| Website | www.catholicdos.org |
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The Diocese of Superior ( Latin Dioecesis Superiorensis , English Diocese of Superior ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Wisconsin in the United States , with its seat in Superior .
history
The area at Lake Superior , one of the geologically oldest landscapes in the world, was populated by Anishinabe Indians from the late 15th century . The Frenchman Étienne Brûlé is considered the first European to discover the Obersee . About forty years later, in 1661, the first Jesuit missionaries came from Sault Sainte Marie . A few years later, Claude-Jean Allouez SJ founded the Holy Spirit Mission near La Pointe on Madeline Island , with which the first Catholic Church in North America north of Mexico and west of Lake Huron came into being. In the 19th century, the Slovenian secular priest Friedrich Baraga expanded the mission until he was promoted to bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Michigan in 1853 and later to the first bishop of Marquette .
In 1878 Franciscans (OFM) from the Order of St. Louis founded a branch that still exists today.
On May 3, 1905, Pope Pius X founded the new Diocese of Superior from the cession of the dioceses of Green Bay and La Crosse .
territory
The Diocese of Superior includes Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Taylor, Vilas and Washburn counties of the state of Wisconsin.
Bishops of Superior
- Augustine Franz Schinne (May 13, 1905 - March 18, 1914, then Bishop of Spokane )
- Joseph Maria Koudelka (August 6, 1913 - June 24, 1921, died)
- Joseph Gabriel Pinten (November 30, 1921 - June 25, 1926, then Bishop of Grand Rapids )
- Theodore Maria Reverman (July 2, 1926 - July 18, 1941, died)
- William Patrick O'Connor (December 27, 1941 - February 22, 1946, then Bishop of Madison )
- Albert Meyer (February 18, 1946 - July 21, 1953, then Archbishop of Milwaukee )
- Joseph John Annabring (January 27, 1954 - August 27, 1959, died)
- George Albert Hammes (March 28, 1960 - June 27, 1985, resigned)
- Raphael Michael Fliss (June 27, 1985 - June 28, 2007, retired)
- Peter Forsyth Christensen , (June 28, 2007 - November 4, 2014, then Bishop of Boise City )
- James Patrick Powers since December 15, 2015
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese Superior (English)
- Entry on Diocese Superior on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Diocese Superior on gcatholic.org (English)
