Diocese of Winona-Rochester
Vinonaën(sis)-Roffen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Winona, Minnesota, United States
The Diocese of Winona-Rochester is a Latin Church diocese covering 20 counties of southern Minnesota, erected in 1889 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Robert E. Barron has served as its ninth bishop since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 November 1889
- Latin
- Vinonaën(sis)-Roffen(sis)
- Patron
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001000161
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 114,255
- Population
- 607,741
- Catholic share
- 18.8%
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 1,298
- Extent
- 31,810 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.6
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
- Robert E. Barron
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 the Sacred Heart stands in Winona, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Rochester.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Saint Paul and MinneapolisSaint Paul
- Diocese of BismarckBismarck
- Diocese of CrookstonCrookston
- Diocese of DuluthDuluth
- Diocese of FargoFargo
- Diocese of New UlmNew Ulm
- Diocese of Rapid CityRapid City
- Diocese of Saint CloudSaint Cloud
- Diocese of Sioux FallsSioux Falls
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southern Minnesota in the United States is served by the Diocese of Winona-Rochester (Latin: Dioecesis Vinonaënsis-Roffensis), a Catholic diocese and suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Winona is its mother church, joined by the Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Rochester.
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].