Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne

Diocese of Cheyenne
Dioecesis Cheyennensis
Location
Country  United States
Territory The State of Wyoming
Ecclesiastical province Denver
Metropolitan Samuel Joseph Aquila
Population
- Catholics
49,459 (8.5%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established August 2, 1887
Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral
Patron saint Our Lady of the Assumption
St. Joseph
St. Therese of Lisieux
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Steven Biegler
Emeritus Bishops Joseph Hubert Hart
Map
Website
dioceseofcheyenne.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne (Latin: Dioecesis Cheyennensis) is a Roman Catholic Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Denver.

The cathedral and mother church is St. Mary's Cathedral, located in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

History

On August 2, 1887, Pope Leo XIII erected the diocese from territory that had been a part of the Diocese of Omaha.[1]

Statistics and extent

As of 2014, it pastorally served 54,995 Catholics (9.5% of 576,412 total) on 252,552 km² in 37 parishes, 64 priests (61 diocesan, 3 religious), 37 deacons, 17 lay religious (3 brothers, 14 sisters), 10 seminarians.[1]

The diocese covers the state of Wyoming, as well as the parts of Yellowstone National Park in Montana and Idaho.

Bishops

  1. Maurice Francis Burke (1887 – 1893), appointed Bishop of Saint Joseph
  2. Thomas Mathias Lenihan (1896 – 1901), died
  3. James Keane (1902 – 1911), appointed Archbishop of Dubuque
  4. Patrick McGovern (1912 – 1951), died
  5. Hubert Newell (1951 – 1978), retired
  6. Joseph Hubert Hart (1978 – 2001), retired
  7. David L. Ricken (2001 – 2008), appointed Bishop of Green Bay
  8. Paul D. Etienne (2009 – 2016), appointed Archbishop of Anchorage
  9. Steven Biegler (2017 - present)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/chey0.htm GCatholic
St. Mary's Cathedral

Coordinates: 41°08′44″N 104°48′07″W / 41.14556°N 104.80194°W / 41.14556; -104.80194

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