Suffragan diocese Springfield, Illinois, United States
Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Campifontis in Illinois
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1853
- Catholics
- 123,706
- Priests
- 142
- Territory
- 39,195 km²
Parishes and churches
141 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. ColumcilleSullivanView parish
- St. EdwardMendonView parish
- St. ElizabethGranite CityMass times recorded
- St. ElizabethMarineMass times recorded
- St. ElizabethRobinsonMass times recorded
- St. FidelisArenzvilleView parish
- St. Frances Xavier CabriniSpringfieldMass times recorded
- St. Francis DeSalesMoweaquaView parish
- St. Francis of AssisiSpringfieldMass times recorded
- St. Francis of AssisiTeutopolisMass times recorded
- St. Francis SolanusQuincyMass times recorded
- St. Francis XavierJerseyvilleMass times recorded
- St. GertrudeGrantforkView parish
- St. IsidoreBethanyMass times recorded
- St. JamesDecaturMass times recorded
- St. JamesRivertonView parish
- St. JamesSt. JacobView parish
- St. JeromeTroyMass times recorded
- St. John Paul IIMount OliveMass times recorded
- St. John the BaptistArcolaView parish
- St. John the EvangelistCarrolltonMass times recorded
- St. John the EvangelistMedoraView parish
- St. John VianneyShermanView parish
- St. JosephBenldMass times recorded
- St. JosephIsland GroveView parish
- St. JosephMeppenView parish
- St. JosephQuincyMass times recorded
- St. JosephRamseyView parish
- St. JosephSpringfieldMass times recorded
- St. Joseph the WorkerChathamMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Thomas John Paprocki
- Born
- 5 August 1952
- Birthplace
- Chicago
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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.
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.
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