Diocese of Bismarck Dioecesis Bismarcquensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | 23 counties in western North Dakota |
Ecclesiastical province | Saint Paul and Minneapolis |
Statistics | |
Area | 88,720 km2 (34,250 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 274,100 66,200 (24.2%) |
Parishes | 98 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 31, 1909 (114 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Spirit |
Patron saint | Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | David D. Kagan |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Bernard Hebda |
Map | |
Website | |
bismarckdiocese.com |
The Diocese of Bismarck (Latin: Dioecesis Bismarckiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in western North Dakota in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
As of 2023, the bishop of the Diocese of Bismarck is David Kagan. The mother church of the diocese is Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Bismarck.