Diocese of Bismarck
Bismarckien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
The Diocese of Bismarck was erected in 1909 and serves the western half of North Dakota. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and is led by Bishop David D. Kagan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 31 December 1909
- Latin
- Bismarckien(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000907
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 61,862
- Population
- 280,836
- Catholic share
- 22.0%
- Priests
- 81
- Catholics per priest
- 764
- Extent
- 88,720 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- David D. Kagan
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit stands in Bismarck, 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.
The province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Saint Paul and MinneapolisSaint Paul
- Diocese of CrookstonCrookston
- Diocese of DuluthDuluth
- Diocese of FargoFargo
- Diocese of New UlmNew Ulm
- Diocese of Rapid CityRapid City
- Diocese of Saint CloudSaint Cloud
- Diocese of Sioux FallsSioux Falls
- Diocese of Winona-RochesterWinona
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Western North Dakota in the United States forms the Diocese of Bismarck (Latin: Dioecesis Bismarckiensis), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. David Kagan is its bishop, and the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit is the diocesan mother church.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].