Diocese of Green Bay
Sinus Viridis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
The Diocese of Green Bay serves northeastern Wisconsin and was erected in 1868. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, with its cathedral dedicated to St. Francis Xavier.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 March 1868
- Latin
- Sinus Viridis
- Patron
- St. Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001523
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 369,556
- Population
- 998,800
- Catholic share
- 37.0%
- Priests
- 252
- Catholics per priest
- 1,466
- Extent
- 27,785 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
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
- David L. Ricken
- Born
- 9 November 1952
- Birthplace
- Dodge City
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
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral stands in Green Bay, 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 Milwaukee
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MilwaukeeMilwaukee
- Diocese of La CrosseLa Crosse
- Diocese of MadisonMadison
- Diocese of SuperiorSuperior
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1868, the Diocese of Green Bay (Latin: Diocesis Sinus Viridis) covers the northeast region of Wisconsin in the United States as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier in Green Bay serves as its mother church, and David Ricken 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].