Diocese of Spokane
Spokanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Spokane, Washington, United States
The Diocese of Spokane was established in 1913 and covers eastern Washington. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seattle and is led by Bishop Thomas A. Daly.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 December 1913
- Latin
- Spokanen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Lourdes
- Annuario code
- 001003104
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 85,000
- Population
- 932,550
- Catholic share
- 9.1%
- Priests
- 86
- Catholics per priest
- 988
- Extent
- 63,058 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.3
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
- Thomas A. Daly
- Born
- 30 April 1960
- Birthplace
- San Francisco
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 Our Lady of Lourdes stands in Spokane, 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 Seattle
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Seattle.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of SeattleSeattle
- Diocese of YakimaYakima
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on December 17, 1913, the Diocese of Spokane (Latin: Dioecesis Spokanensis) is a Latin Church diocese in Washington State in the United States, a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Seattle. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes in Spokane, and as of 2025 Thomas Daly serves as its 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].