Diocese of Cheyenne Dioecesis Cheyennensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Wyoming |
Ecclesiastical province | Denver |
Population - Catholics | 49,459 (8.5%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | August 2, 1887 |
Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
Patron saint | Our Lady of the Assumption Saint Joseph Therese of Lisieux |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Steven Biegler |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Samuel Joseph Aquila |
Map | |
Website | |
dioceseofcheyenne.org |
The Diocese of Cheyenne (Latin: Dioecesis Cheyennensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the US state of Wyoming. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Denver.
The cathedral and mother church for the Diocese of Cheyenne is St. Mary's Cathedral, located in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The diocese covers all of Wyoming, as well as the parts of Yellowstone National Park in Montana and Idaho.