Diocese of Saint Cloud
Sancti Clodoaldi
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Saint Cloud, Minnesota, United States
The Diocese of Saint Cloud is a Latin Church diocese covering central Minnesota, erected in 1889 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Bishop Patrick Neary has led the diocese since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 September 1889
- Latin
- Sancti Clodoaldi
- Patron
- Saint Clodoald (Saint Cloud)
- Annuario code
- 001002803
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 142,576
- Population
- 558,890
- Catholic share
- 25.5%
- Priests
- 168
- Catholics per priest
- 849
- Extent
- 31,730 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.5
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
- Patrick M. Neary, C.S.C.
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 Saint Mary stands in Saint Cloud, 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 Saint Paul and Minneapolis
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Saint Paul and MinneapolisSaint Paul
- Diocese of BismarckBismarck
- Diocese of CrookstonCrookston
- Diocese of DuluthDuluth
- Diocese of FargoFargo
- Diocese of New UlmNew Ulm
- Diocese of Rapid CityRapid City
- Diocese of Sioux FallsSioux Falls
- Diocese of Winona-RochesterWinona
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Central Minnesota belongs to the Diocese of Saint Cloud (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Clodoaldi), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The Cathedral of St. Mary in St. Cloud serves as its mother church, and St. Clodoald is the diocese's patron saint. Patrick Neary has served as bishop since 2023.
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].