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Suffragan diocese Bismarck, North Dakota, United States

Diocese of Bismarck

Bismarckien(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
Bismarck, United States, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1909
Catholics
61,862
Priests
81
Territory
88,720 km²

Parishes and churches

99 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
David D. Kagan

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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.

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.