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Diocese of Gaylord Diœcesis Gaylordensis | |
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_01.jpg) St. Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | Counties of Charlevoix, Emmet, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Crawford, Oscoda, Alcona, Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Ogemaw, and Iosco |
| Ecclesiastical province | Detroit |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 11,171 sq mi (28,930 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2018) 506,623 46,095[1] (9.1%) |
| Parishes | 75 |
| Schools | 17 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | December 19, 1970 (53 years ago) |
| Cathedral | St. Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Secular priests | 76 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jeffrey Walsh |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Allen Vigneron |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| dioceseofgaylord.org | |
The Diocese of Gaylord (Latin: Diœcesis Gaylordensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the northern region of the lower peninsula of Michigan in the United States. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit.