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Suffragan diocese Belleville, Illinois, United States

Diocese of Belleville

Bellevillen(sis)

The Diocese of Belleville was erected in 1887 and covers southern Illinois. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chicago and is led by Bishop Godfrey Mullen, O.S.B., appointed by Pope Leo XIV in March 2026.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Saint Peter, in Belleville, United States.

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Established
1887
Catholics
118,900
Priests
98
Territory
30,246 km²

Parishes and churches

104 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Godfrey Mullen, O.S.B.

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Peter stands in Belleville, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Southern Illinois, in the United States, is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville (Latin: Diœcesis Bellevillensis), a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chicago whose mother church is the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Belleville.