Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay (Latin: Diocesis Sinus Viridis) was erected on March 3, 1868 by Pope Pius IX,^[1] and covers the city of Green Bay as well as Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago counties, Wisconsin.^[2] Its first missionary was Fr. Claude-Jean Allouez, who said his first mass in Oconto, Wisconsin.

The Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier in Green Bay is the mother church of the Diocese of Green Bay.

[edit] Bishops of the Diocese of Green Bay

The following is a list of the Roman Catholic Bishops of the Diocese of Green Bay and their terms of service:^[3]

Bishop Joseph Melcher (3 March 1868 Appointed - 20 December 1873 Died)
Bishop Francis Xavier Krautbauer (12 February 1875 Appointed - 17 December 1885 Died)
Bishop Frederick Francis Xavier Katzer (13 July 1886 Appointed - 30 January 1891 Appointed, Archbishop of Milwaukee)
Bishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer (14 December 1891 Appointed - 28 November 1903 Appointed, Archbishop of Milwaukee)
Bishop Joseph John Fox (27 May 1904 Appointed - 7 November 1914 Resigned)
Bishop Paul Peter Rhode (15 July 1915 Appointed - 3 March 1945 Died)
Bishop Stanislaus Vincent Bona (3 March 1945 Succeeded - 1 December 1967 Died)
Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo (8 March 1968 Appointed - 10 May 1983 Retired)
Bishop Adam Joseph Maida (8 November 1983 Appointed - 28 April 1990 Appointed, Archbishop of Detroit)
Bishop Robert Banks (16 October 1990 Appointed - 10 October 2003 Retired)
Bishop David Allen Zubik (10 October 2003 Appointed - 28 September 2007). Appointed Bishop elect of Pittsburgh on 18 July 2007 and installed on 28 September 2007.
sede vacante (28 September 2007–present)