Diocese of Fargo
Fargen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Fargo, North Dakota, United States
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1889
- Latin
- Fargen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001402
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 69,658
- Population
- 421,135
- Catholic share
- 16.5%
- Priests
- 100
- Catholics per priest
- 697
- Extent
- 92,685 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
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
- John T. Folda
- Born
- 8 August 1961
- Birthplace
- Omaha
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. 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.
The province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Saint Paul and MinneapolisSaint Paul
- Diocese of BismarckBismarck
- Diocese of CrookstonCrookston
- Diocese of DuluthDuluth
- Diocese of New UlmNew Ulm
- Diocese of Rapid CityRapid City
- Diocese of Saint CloudSaint Cloud
- Diocese of Sioux FallsSioux Falls
- Diocese of Winona-RochesterWinona
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].