Diocese of Gary
Garien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gary, Indiana, United States
The Diocese of Gary is a Latin Church diocese covering Lake, Porter, LaPorte, and Starke counties in northwestern Indiana, erected in 1956. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and is led by Bishop Robert J. McClory.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 December 1956
- Latin
- Garien(sis)
- Patron
- Guardian Angels
- Annuario code
- 001001471
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 170,144
- Population
- 795,178
- Catholic share
- 21.4%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 2,050
- Extent
- 4,680 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Robert J. McClory
- Born
- 10 October 1963
- Birthplace
- Detroit
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 the Holy Angels stands in Gary, 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 Indianapolis
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of IndianapolisIndianapolis
- Diocese of EvansvilleEvansville
- Diocese of Fort Wayne-South BendFort Wayne
- Diocese of Lafayette in IndianaLafayette
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1956, the Diocese of Gary (Latin: Dioecesis Gariensis) serves the Catholic Church in northwest Indiana in the United States. It belongs as a suffragan see to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary, and its bishop is Robert J. McClory.
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].