| Diocese of Gaylord Dioecesis Gaylordensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Counties of Charlevoix, Emmet, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Crawford, Oscoda, Alcona, Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Ogemaw, and Iosco |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Detroit |
| Metropolitan | Gaylord, Michigan |
| Population - Catholics |
70,327 [1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | December 19, 1970[1] |
| Cathedral | St. Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Benedict XVI |
| Bishop | Bernard Anthony Hebda Bishop of Gaylord |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Allen Henry Vigneron Archbishop of Detroit |
| Emeritus Bishops | Patrick Ronald Cooney |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| dioceseofgaylord.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord (Latin: Dioecesis Gaylordensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Northern Michigan region of the United States. It comprises the twenty-one most northern counties of the lower peninsula of the state, and includes the cities of Traverse City, Alpena, Manistee and Petoskey. The prelate is Bishop Bernard A. Hebda, who serves as pastor of the Mother Church, the Cathedral of Saint Mary of Mount Carmel in Gaylord.
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The Diocese of Gaylord was created on December 19, 1970 and canonically erected on July 20, 1971 by Pope Paul VI. On October 7, 2009, it was announced that Monsignor Bernard Hebda had been appointed Bishop of Gaylord by Pope Benedict XVI. He was ordained a bishop and installed as the fourth Bishop of Gaylord on December 1, 2009.[2]