Diocese of Grand Rapids Dioecesis Grandcataractensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Montcalm, Mecosta, Lake, Mason, and Osceola |
Ecclesiastical province | Detroit |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,795 sq mi (17,600 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 1,417,818 193,415 [1] (13.6%) |
Parishes | 80 |
Schools | 31 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | May 19, 1882 (142 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Andrew |
Patron saint | Andrew the Apostle |
Secular priests | 104 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | David J. Walkowiak |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Allen Henry Vigneron |
Vicar General | Colin J. Mulhall |
Bishops emeritus | Walter A. Hurley |
Map | |
Website | |
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The Diocese of Grand Rapids (Latin: Dioecesis Grandcataractensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in western Michigan in the United States. It comprises 80 parishes in 11 counties. It is a suffragan see to the Archdiocese of Detroit. The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Saint Andrew in Grand Rapids. On April 18, 2013, Pope Francis appointed David J. Walkowiak to be the twelfth bishop of Grand Rapids.