Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau
| Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Diocesan bishop | Andrew Bellisario CM (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Roger Lawrence Schwietz OMI |
| founding | 1966 |
| surface | 320,932 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (May 19, 2020) |
| Residents | 563,372 (May 19, 2020) |
| Catholics | 55,297 (May 19, 2020) |
| proportion of | 9.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 34 (May 19, 2020) |
| Religious priest | 13 (May 19, 2020) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,177 |
| Permanent deacons | 33 (May 19, 2020) |
| Friars | 14 (May 19, 2020) |
| Religious sisters | 23 (May 19, 2020) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Holy Family Cathedral |
| Website | www.archdioceseofanchorage.org |
| Suffragan dioceses | Diocese of Fairbanks |
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The Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau ( Latin : Archidioecesis Ancoragiensis-Junellensis ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Anchorage , Alaska .
history
The Archdiocese of Anchorage was detached from the Diocese of Juneau on January 22, 1966 and established as an archdiocese with the suffragan dioceses Juneau and Fairbanks .
On May 19, 2020, Pope Francis united the Diocese of Juneau with the Archdiocese of Anchorage to form the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau and abolished the Diocese of Juneau as an independent diocese. The last Bishop of Juneau, Andrew Bellisario CM , was named Archbishop of the Unified Archdiocese.
Archbishops
- John Joseph Thomas Ryan (1966–1975, then military archbishop )
- Francis Thomas Hurley (1976-2001)
- Roger Lawrence Schwietz OMI (2001-2016)
- Paul Dennis Etienne (2016–2019, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Seattle )
- Andrew Bellisario CM (since 2020)
See also
Web links
- Of the Archdiocese of Anchorage Homepage (English)
- Entry for Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Fusione dell'Arcidiocesi Metropolitana di Anchorage con la Diocese of Juneau (USA), erezione della nuova Circoscrizione Ecclesiastica di Anchorage Juneau (USA) e nomina del primo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 19, 2020, accessed May 19, 2020 (Italian).
