Diocese of Davenport
Davenporten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Davenport, Iowa, United States
The Diocese of Davenport is a Latin Church diocese in southeastern Iowa, erected in 1881. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Bishop Dennis G. Walsh was installed in September 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 June 1881
- Latin
- Davenporten(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001282
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 104,300
- Population
- 784,000
- Catholic share
- 13.3%
- Priests
- 99
- Catholics per priest
- 1,054
- Extent
- 29,624 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.5
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
- Dennis G. Walsh
- Born
- 16 July 1965
- Birthplace
- Lima
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Davenport, 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 Dubuque
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dubuque.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DubuqueDubuque
- Diocese of Des MoinesDes Moines
- Diocese of Sioux CitySioux City
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The southeastern quarter of the state of Iowa in the United States belongs to the Diocese of Davenport (Latin: Diœcesis Davenportensis). Davenport is the see city, home to Sacred Heart Cathedral, and Dennis Gerard Walsh serves as bishop.
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].