Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse

Diocese of La Crosse

Dioecesis Crossensis
Coat of arms
Location
CountryUnited States
TerritoryWestern Wisconsin (19 counties)
Ecclesiastical provinceMilwaukee
Statistics
Area15,078 sq mi (39,050 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
863,610
206,191 (23.5%)
Parishes160
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedMarch 3, 1868 (156 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman
Patron saintSt. Joseph the Workman (primary) St. Francis of Assisi (secondary)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGerard William Battersby
Metropolitan ArchbishopJerome E. Listecki
Bishops emeritusWilliam P. Callahan
Map
Website
diolc.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse (Latin: Dioecesis Crossensis) is a Latin Church diocese in west-central Wisconsin in the United States. The metropolitan for the diocese is the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The mother church is the Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman in La Crosse.