Diocese of Superior
Superioren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Superior, Wisconsin, United States
The Diocese of Superior is a Latin Church diocese covering 16 counties of northwestern Wisconsin, erected in 1905. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and is led by Bishop James Patrick Powers, installed in 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 May 1905
- Latin
- Superioren(sis)
- Patron
- St. Augustine of Hippo
- Annuario code
- 001003127
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 64,000
- Population
- 458,000
- Catholic share
- 14.0%
- Priests
- 58
- Catholics per priest
- 1,103
- Extent
- 40,702 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.6
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
- James Patrick Powers
- Born
- 6 February 1953
- Birthplace
- Baldwin
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 Christ the King stands in Superior, 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 Milwaukee
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MilwaukeeMilwaukee
- Diocese of Green BayGreen Bay
- Diocese of La CrosseLa Crosse
- Diocese of MadisonMadison
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Northwest Wisconsin in the United States belongs to the Diocese of Superior (Latin: Dioecesis Superiorensis), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Superior is its episcopal see, and the Cathedral of Christ the King in that city is its mother church.
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].