Diocese of Ogdensburg
Ogdensburgen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ogdensburg, New York, United States
The Diocese of Ogdensburg, erected in 1872, serves the North Country region of New York. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of New York and led by Bishop Terry R. LaValley.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 February 1872
- Latin
- Ogdensburgen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002446
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 108,096
- Population
- 421,694
- Catholic share
- 25.6%
- Priests
- 89
- Catholics per priest
- 1,215
- Extent
- 31,173 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.5
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
- Terry R. LaValley
- Born
- 26 March 1956
- Birthplace
- Plattsburgh
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. Mary's Cathedral stands in Ogdensburg, 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 New York
A suffragan of Archdiocese of New York.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of New YorkNew York
- Diocese of AlbanyAlbany
- Diocese of BrooklynBrooklyn
- Diocese of BuffaloBuffalo
- Diocese of RochesterRochester
- Diocese of Rockville CentreRockville Centre
- Diocese of SyracuseSyracuse
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded in 1872, the Diocese of Ogdensburg (Latin: Dioecesis Ogdensburgensis) serves the North Country region of New York State in the United States as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of New York. Its territory takes in all of Clinton, Essex, Lewis, Hamilton and St. Lawrence counties along with the northern portion of Herkimer county. St. Mary's in Ogdensburg is its cathedral, and Terry R. LaValley 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].