Suffragan diocese Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Diocese of Fargo
Fargen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- St. Vincent de PaulLeedsMass times recorded
- St. WilliamArgusvilleMass times recorded
- St. WilliamMaddockMass times recorded
- Sts. Anne and JoachimFargoMass times recorded
- Sts. Nereus and AchilleusNecheMass times recorded
- Sts. Peter and PaulBechyneView parish
- Sts. Peter and PaulCayugaView parish
- Sts. Peter and PaulKarlsruheMass times recorded
- Sts. Peter and PaulMantadorMass times recorded
- Sts. Peter and PaulMcHenryMass times recorded
- TransfigurationEdgeleyMass times 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.