Diocese of Ogdensburg Dioecesis Ogdensburgensis | |
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Catholic | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of St. Lawrence, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, Hamilton and northern Herkimer, New York |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of New York |
Coordinates | 44°42′02″N 75°28′52″W / 44.70056°N 75.48111°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,036 sq mi (31,170 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 421,694 108,096[1] (25.6%) |
Parishes | 84 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | February 16, 1872 |
Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
Patron saint | Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[2] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Terry Ronald LaValley |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Timothy M. Dolan |
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The Diocese of Ogdensburg (Latin: Dioecesis Ogdensburgensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the North Country region of New York State in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of New York. Its cathedral is St. Mary's in Ogdensburg.
The Diocese of Ogdensburg was founded on February 16, 1872. It comprises the entirety of Clinton, Essex, Lewis, Hamilton and St. Lawrence counties and the northern portion of Herkimer county. The bishop is Terry Ronald LaValley.