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Suffragan diocese Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts

Campifontis

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.

On the map

Esri
Springfield, United States, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1870
Catholics
156,210
Priests
114
Territory
7,309 km²

Parishes and churches

82 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
William D. Byrne
Born
26 September 1964
Birthplace
Washington

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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.

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.