Diocese of Fargo Dioecesis Fargensis | |
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| Catholic | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | 30 counties in eastern North Dakota |
| Episcopal conference | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |
| Ecclesiastical region | Region VIII |
| Ecclesiastical province | Saint Paul and Minneapolis |
| Deaneries | 8 |
| Headquarters | 5201 Bishops Blvd # A, Fargo, North Dakota 58104 |
| Coordinates | 46°52′38″N 96°47′22″W / 46.87722°N 96.78944°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 35,786 sq mi (92,690 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 421,135[a] 69,658[a] (16.5%) |
| Parishes | 129 |
| Schools | 14 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | November 10, 1889 (135 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Mary |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[2] |
| Secular priests | 100, plus 7 religious priests |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | John Thomas Folda |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Bernard Hebda |
| Vicar General | Joseph Goering |
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The Diocese of Fargo (Latin: Dioecesis Fargensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in eastern North Dakota in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
The mother church is the Cathedral of St. Mary in Fargo. As of 2023, the bishop of Fargo is John Folda.
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