Diocese of Cheyenne
Cheyennen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States
The Diocese of Cheyenne, erected in 1887, is coextensive with the state of Wyoming. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Denver, it has been led by Bishop Steven R. Biegler since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 August 1887
- Latin
- Cheyennen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Assumption
- Annuario code
- 001001120
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 54,995
- Population
- 576,851
- Catholic share
- 9.5%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 1,078
- Extent
- 262,333 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
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
- Steven R. Biegler
- Born
- 22 March 1959
- Birthplace
- Mobridge
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
St. Mary's Cathedral stands in Cheyenne, 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 Denver
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Denver.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DenverDenver
- Diocese of Colorado SpringsColorado Springs
- Diocese of PuebloPueblo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The whole of Wyoming, together with the portions of Yellowstone National Park lying in Montana and Idaho, belongs to the Diocese of Cheyenne (Latin: Dioecesis Cheyennensis), a Catholic diocese in the United States. St. Mary's Cathedral in Cheyenne, Wyoming serves as its cathedral, and the see is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Denver.
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].