Diocese of Saginaw
Saginaven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saginaw, Michigan, United States
The Diocese of Saginaw is a Latin Rite diocese covering eleven counties in central Michigan. Erected in 1938, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Detroit and is led by Bishop Robert D. Gruss, who has served since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 February 1938
- Latin
- Saginaven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002794
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 153,260
- Population
- 804,885
- Catholic share
- 19.0%
- Priests
- 67
- Catholics per priest
- 2,287
- Extent
- 18,013 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.5
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
- Robert D. Gruss
- Born
- 25 June 1955
- Birthplace
- Texarkana
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 Mary of the Assumption stands in Saginaw, 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 MarquetteMarquette
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded in 1938, the Diocese of Saginaw (Latin: Dioecesis Saginavensis) serves Michigan in the United States as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Detroit. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption in Saginaw.
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].