Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno

Diocese of Reno
Dioecesis Renensis
Location
Country United States
Territory Counties of Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, and Washoe
Ecclesiastical province San Francisco
Statistics
Area 70,852 sq mi (183,510 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
835,000
132,982 [1] (15.9%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established March 21, 1995[1]
Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Patron saint Our Lady of the Snow
Holy Family
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Randolph Roque Calvo
Bishop of Reno
Metropolitan Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone
Archbishop of San Francisco
Emeritus Bishops Phillip Francis Straling
Map
Website
renodiocese.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno is an ecclesiastical territory (or diocese) of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern Nevada region of the United States, centered on the city of Reno. The diocese comprises the counties of Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and Washoe. The bishop of Reno has his liturgical and canonical seat (cathedra) at The Cathedral of Saint Thomas Aquinas.

The See of Reno is a suffragan diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of San Francisco. Other suffragan sees include the Dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Santa Rosa and Stockton.

History

St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral

With the urging of Cardinal George Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago, Pope Pius XI established the Diocese on March 27, 1931. It was renamed as the Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas by Pope Paul VI, October 13, 1976. On March 21, 1995 Pope John Paul II changed it back to the Diocese of Reno while splitting Las Vegas, Nevada into a new diocese.

Phillip Francis Straling officially retired on June 21, 2005, but continued to serve as apostolic administrator of the diocese. On December 23, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Randolph Roque Calvo, of the Archdiocese of San Francisco as the seventh Bishop of Reno. Calvo, born in Agaña, Guam is the first priest from Guam to head the diocese. Calvo was installed and ordained to the episcopate on February 17, 2006, by George Hugh Niederauer, Archbishop of San Francisco.




Bishops of Reno

The list of bishops of the diocese and their tenures of service:

  1. Thomas Kiely Gorman, D.D., D. Sc. Hist. (1931–1952)
  2. Robert Joseph Dwyer, D.D., Ph.D. (1952–1967)
  3. Michael Joseph Green, D.D. (1967–1974)
  4. Norman Francis McFarland, D.D. J.C.D. (1974–1986)
  5. Daniel F. Walsh, D.D. (1986–1995) Appointed the first Bishop of Las Vegas
  6. Phillip Francis Straling (1995–2005)
  7. Randolph Roque Calvo (2006–present)

Parishes of the Diocese of Reno

Education

Superintendents

High school

Elementary schools and preschools

Hospitals

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Catholic-Hierarchy.org". Retrieved 2009-12-31.

External links

Coordinates: 39°31′37″N 119°49′18″W / 39.52694°N 119.82167°W / 39.52694; -119.82167

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