Diocese of Lansing Diœcesis Lansingensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Shiawassee, and Washtenaw |
Ecclesiastical province | Detroit |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,218 sq mi (16,100 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,778,475 227,305 (12.8%) |
Parishes | 95 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | May 22, 1937 (87 years ago) |
Cathedral | St. Mary Cathedral |
Patron saint | Blessed Virgin Mary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Earl Boyea |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Allen Vigneron |
Bishops emeritus | Carl Frederick Mengeling |
Map | |
Website | |
dioceseoflansing.org |
The Diocese of Lansing (Latin: Diœcesis Lansingensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory – or diocese – of the Catholic Church located in the south-central portion of Michigan in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit.
The mother church of the Diocese of Lansing is St. Mary's Cathedral in Lansing. As of 2023, the bishop of Lansing is Earl Boyea.