Diocese of Green Bay Dioecesis Sinus Viridis | |
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.jpg) St. Francis Xavier Cathedral | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago counties, Wisconsin |
| Ecclesiastical province | Milwaukee |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 10,728 sq mi (27,790 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 998,800 369,556 (37%) |
| Parishes | 169 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 3, 1868 (156 years ago) |
| Cathedral | St. Francis Xavier Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Francis Xavier |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | David Laurin Ricken |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jerome E. Listecki |
| Bishops emeritus | Robert Joseph Banks Robert Fealey Morneau |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| gbdioc.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay (Latin: Diocesis Sinus Viridis) is a Latin church diocese in the northeast region of Wisconsin in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier in Green Bay.
The diocese was erected on March 3, 1868, by Pope Pius IX.[1] The bishop of Green Bay as of October 2024 is David Ricken.
- ^ "Green Bay (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.