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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Dubuquensis | |
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 St. Raphael's Cathedral | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | 30 counties in Northeastern Iowa |
| Ecclesiastical province | Dubuque |
| Coordinates | 42°29′06″N 90°40′31″W / 42.48500°N 90.67528°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 17,400 sq mi (45,000 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2018[1]) 1,010,471 193,360 (19.1%) |
| Parishes | 166 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 28, 1837 (187 years ago) |
| Cathedral | St. Raphael's Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Raphael St. John Vianney[2] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Thomas Robert Zinkula |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Robert Zinkula |
| Bishops emeritus | Jerome Hanus, O.S.B. Michael Owen Jackels |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| dbqarch.org | |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque (Latin: Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Dubuquensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in the northeastern quarter of the state of Iowa in the United States.
The Diocese of Dubuque was erected in 1837 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1893. It is a metropolitan archdiocese with three suffragan dioceses:
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque". GCatholic. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "November Day by Day".