Diocese of Reno
Renen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Reno, Nevada, United States
The Diocese of Reno is a Latin Rite diocese covering northern Nevada. Erected in 1931, it became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Las Vegas when that province was created in 2023, and is led by Bishop Daniel Henry Mueggenborg, appointed in 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 March 1931
- Latin
- Renen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Snow and the Holy Family
- Annuario code
- 001002741
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 132,982
- Population
- 835,000
- Catholic share
- 15.9%
- Priests
- 46
- Catholics per priest
- 2,891
- Extent
- 183,506 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
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
- Daniel Henry Mueggenborg
- Born
- 15 April 1962
- Birthplace
- Okarche
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. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral stands in Reno, 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 Las Vegas
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Las Vegas.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Las VegasLas Vegas
- Diocese of Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Northern Nevada is served by the Diocese of Reno (Latin: Dioecesis Renensis), a Catholic diocese of the United States and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Las Vegas. St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno serves as its mother church. At present the bishop's seat stands vacant.
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].