Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Archidiœcesis Milvauchiensis
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Coat of arms
Location
Country United States
TerritoryThe City of Milwaukee and the counties of Dodge, Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha in the state of Wisconsin
Ecclesiastical provinceMilwaukee
Statistics
Area4,758 sq mi (12,320 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
2,369,000
673,000 (28.4%)
Parishes204
Schools111
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedNovember 28, 1843 (180 years ago)
Elevated to Archdiocese on February 12, 1875
CathedralCathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Patron saintJohn the Evangelist[1]
Secular priests334
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopSede Vacante
Auxiliary BishopsJeffrey Robert Haines
James Thomas Schuerman
Bishops emeritus
Map
Map of Wisconsin indicating counties of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee
Website
archmil.org

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee (Latin: Archidiœcesis Milvauchiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in southeast Wisconsin in the United States. The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Milwaukee. It includes the suffragan dioceses of Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, and Superior.

It was formed in 1843, with territory taken from the Diocese of Detroit. It was elevated from a diocese to an archdiocese in 1875. In 2011, the Sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee resulted in its filing for bankruptcy.

Pope Francis named Jeffrey Grob as archbishop on November 4, 2024.

  1. ^ "The Guiding Light of St. Francis de Sales". Archmil.org. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2022-02-24.