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Diocese of Saginaw Dioecesis Saginavensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Huron, Isabella, Midland, Saginaw, Sanilac and Tuscola. |
Ecclesiastical province | Detroit |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,955 sq mi (18,010 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 804,885 153,260 (19%) |
Parishes | 56 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | February 26, 1938 (86 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Robert Dwayne Gruss |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Allen Vigneron |
Map | |
Website | |
saginaw.org |
Bishop of Saginaw | |
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Bishopric | |
catholic | |
Incumbent: Robert Dwayne Gruss | |
Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Detroit |
Information | |
First holder | William Francis Murphy |
Established | 1938 |
Diocese | Diocese of Saginaw |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption (Saginaw, Michigan) |
Website | |
http://www.saginaw.org |
The Diocese of Saginaw (Latin: Dioecesis Saginavensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Michigan in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit.
The Diocese of Saginaw was founded on February 26, 1938. The mother church of the diocese is Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption in Saginaw.