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Suffragan diocese Boise, Idaho, United States

Diocese of Boise City

Xylopolitan(us)

The Diocese of Boise was erected in 1893 and covers the entire state of Idaho. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon and is led by Bishop Peter F. Christensen.

On the map

Esri
Boise, 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
1893
Catholics
200,000
Priests
104
Territory
218,310 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Peter F. Christensen
Born
24 December 1952
Birthplace
Pasadena

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist stands in Boise, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Covering the entire state of Idaho in the United States, the Diocese of Boise (Latin: Diœcesis Xylopolitana) is a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Portland. Its bishop is Peter F. Christensen, seated at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Boise.

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