Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts
Campifontis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
The Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts is a Latin Church diocese covering the four western counties of Massachusetts, erected in 1870. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Boston and is led by Bishop William D. Byrne, installed in 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 June 1870
- Latin
- Campifontis
- Patron
- St. Michael the Archangel
- Annuario code
- 001003109
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 156,210
- Population
- 828,249
- Catholic share
- 18.9%
- Priests
- 114
- Catholics per priest
- 1,370
- Extent
- 7,309 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 21
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
- William D. Byrne
- Born
- 26 September 1964
- Birthplace
- Washington
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
St. Michael's Cathedral 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 Boston
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Boston.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BostonBoston
- Diocese of BurlingtonBurlington
- Diocese of Fall RiverFall River
- Diocese of ManchesterManchester
- Diocese of PortlandPortland
- Diocese of WorcesterWorcester
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Western Massachusetts in the United States is served by this Latin Church diocese (Latin: Diœcesis Campifontis), a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston. St. Michael's Cathedral in Springfield stands as its mother church, and as of 2024 William Draper Byrne is 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].