Diocese of Boise Diœcesis Xylopolitana | |
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 Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist | |
 Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Boise | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | State of Idaho |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Portland |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 84,290 sq mi (218,300 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 1,612,136 177,335 (11%) |
| Parishes | 52 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | August 25, 1893 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist |
| Patron saint | Saint John the Evangelist |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Peter F. Christensen |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Alexander King Sample |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| catholicidaho.org | |
The Diocese of Boise (Latin: Diœcesis Xylopolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in Idaho in the United States.
The Diocese of Boise is led by Bishop Peter F. Christensen, whose seat is the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Boise. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Portland.