Diocese of Marquette
Marquetten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Marquette, Michigan, United States
The Diocese of Marquette is the Latin Church diocese covering Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Erected in 1853, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Detroit and is led by Bishop John Francis Doerfler.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1853
- Latin
- Marquetten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Peter
- Annuario code
- 001002170
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 68,360
- Population
- 317,616
- Catholic share
- 21.5%
- Priests
- 75
- Catholics per priest
- 911
- Extent
- 42,168 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.6
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 Francis Doerfler
- Born
- 2 November 1964
- Birthplace
- Appleton
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. Peter Cathedral stands in Marquette, 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 Detroit
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Detroit.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DetroitDetroit
- Diocese of GaylordGaylord
- Diocese of Grand RapidsGrand Rapids
- Diocese of KalamazooKalamazoo
- Diocese of LansingLansing
- Diocese of SaginawSaginaw
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the Upper Peninsula region of Michigan in the United States, the Diocese of Marquette (Latin: Diœcesis Marquettensis) is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Detroit. St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette serves as its cathedral.
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].