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Suffragan diocese Superior, Wisconsin, United States

Diocese of Superior

Superioren(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Christ the King, in Superior, United States.

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Established
1905
Catholics
64,000
Priests
58
Territory
40,702 km²

Parishes and churches

102 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
James Patrick Powers
Born
6 February 1953
Birthplace
Baldwin

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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.

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.