Diocese of Peoria
Peorien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Peoria, Illinois, United States
The Diocese of Peoria is a Latin Church diocese in central Illinois erected in 1875 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Its current ordinary is Bishop Louis Tylka, who succeeded as bishop in 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 February 1875
- Latin
- Peorien(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002576
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 121,965
- Population
- 1,492,335
- Catholic share
- 8.2%
- Priests
- 192
- Catholics per priest
- 635
- Extent
- 43,856 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.8
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
- Louis Tylka
- Born
- 26 May 1970
- Birthplace
- Harvey
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 St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception stands in Peoria, 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 Chicago
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Chicago.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ChicagoChicago
- Diocese of BellevilleBelleville
- Diocese of Joliet in IllinoisJoliet
- Diocese of RockfordRockford
- Diocese of Springfield in IllinoisSpringfield
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
North central Illinois in the United States is served by the Diocese of Peoria (Latin: Diœcesis Peoriensis), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago. Louis Tylka is the bishop, and the diocese's mother church is the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria.
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].