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Suffragan diocese Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Diocese of Fargo

Fargen(sis)

The Diocese of Fargo is a Latin Church diocese covering 30 counties of eastern North Dakota. Erected in 1889 as the Diocese of Jamestown and renamed Fargo in 1897, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

On the map

Esri
Fargo, 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
1889
Catholics
69,658
Priests
100
Territory
92,685 km²

Parishes and churches

131 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
John T. Folda
Born
8 August 1961
Birthplace
Omaha

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Mary stands in Fargo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is St. James Basilica, Jamestown.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Eastern North Dakota in the United States falls under the Diocese of Fargo (Latin: Dioecesis Fargensis), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Its mother church is the Cathedral of St. Mary in Fargo, and as of 2023 John Folda is the bishop.