Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Campifontis in Illinois
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Springfield, Illinois, United States
The Diocese of Springfield in Illinois is a Latin Church diocese in central Illinois, first established in 1853 as the Diocese of Quincy, renamed Alton in 1857, and renamed Springfield in 1923. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chicago and is led by Bishop Thomas John Paprocki.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1853
- Latin
- Campifontis in Illinois
- Patron
- Mary, the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001003108
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 123,706
- Population
- 1,187,100
- Catholic share
- 10.4%
- Priests
- 142
- Catholics per priest
- 871
- Extent
- 39,195 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.2
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 John Paprocki
- Born
- 5 August 1952
- Birthplace
- Chicago
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 the Immaculate Conception stands in Springfield, 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 PeoriaPeoria
- Diocese of RockfordRockford
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the capital city of Illinois in the United States, this Catholic diocese (Latin: Diœcesis Campifontis in Illinois) is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield.
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].