Diocese of Boise City
Xylopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Boise, Idaho, United States
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 August 1893
- Latin
- Xylopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Saint John the Evangelist
- Annuario code
- 001000919
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 200,000
- Population
- 1,612,136
- Catholic share
- 12.4%
- Priests
- 104
- Catholics per priest
- 1,923
- Extent
- 218,310 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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
- Peter F. Christensen
- Born
- 24 December 1952
- Birthplace
- Pasadena
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 St. John the Evangelist stands in Boise, 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 Portland
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Portland.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].