Diocese of Superior Dioecesis Superiorensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | 16 counties in northwestern Wisconsin |
Ecclesiastical province | Milwaukee |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,715 sq mi (40,700 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 458,000 78,826 (17.2%) |
Parishes | 105 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | May 3, 1905 (119 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the King |
Patron saint | St. Augustine of Hippo[1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | James Patrick Powers |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jerome E. Listecki |
Map | |
Website | |
catholicdos.org |
The Diocese of Superior (Latin: Dioecesis Superiorensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northwest Wisconsin in the United States. Its episcopal see is Superior, and the Cathedral of Christ the King in Superior is its mother church. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Milwaukee.