Diocese of Davenport Diœcesis Davenportensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | 22 Counties in the Southeast quadrant of Iowa |
Ecclesiastical province | Dubuque |
Coordinates | 41°32′48.34″N 90°34′57.93″W / 41.5467611°N 90.5827583°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 11,438 sq mi (29,620 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 784,000 104,300 (13.3%) |
Parishes | 78 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | May 8, 1881 (143 years ago) |
Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Dennis Gerard Walsh |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Zinkula |
Bishops emeritus | Martin John Amos William Edwin Franklin |
Map | |
Website | |
davenportdiocese.org |
The Diocese of Davenport (Latin: Diœcesis Davenportensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church for the southeastern quarter of the state of Iowa in the United States.
The current bishop of Davenport is Dennis Gerard Walsh. The previous bishop, Thomas Zinkula, became Archbishop of Dubuque in 2023. The diocese is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. The see city for the diocese is Davenport, where Sacred Heart Cathedral is located.