Diocese of Gary, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Gary / Garien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Indianapolis

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1956.12.10: Established as Diocese of Gary / Garien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Fort Wayne and became suffragan of Indianapolis)

Contact Info

Address: Chancery Office, 9292 BRd.way Ave., Merrillville, IN 46410, USA

Phone: +1 (219) 769-9292

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.11.26 – ...):

Bishop Robert John McClory (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Gary (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert John McClory (61)
(2019.11.26 – ...)

Bishop of Gary (USA)

Jesum Dominum prædicamus

Born:	1963.10.10 (Detroit, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1999.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.02.11

Priest of Detroit (USA) (1999.05.22 – 2019.11.26)

Bishop of Gary (USA) (2019.11.26 – ...)

Bishop Donald Joseph Hying (61)
(2014.11.24 – 2019.04.25)

Bishop of Madison (USA)

Caritas numquam excidit

Born:	1963.08.18 (West Allis, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1989.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.07.20

Priest of Milwaukee (USA) (1989.05.20 – 2011.05.26)

Titular Bishop of Regiæ (2011.05.26 – 2014.11.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA) (2011.05.26 – 2014.11.24)

Bishop of Gary (USA) (2014.11.24 – 2019.04.25)

Bishop of Madison (USA) (2019.04.25 – ...)

Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek
(1996.06.01 – 2014.11.24)

To know Christ

Born:	1938.11.09 (Detroit, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.01.27
Died:	2022.08.25 (Gary, IN, USA † 83)

Titular Bishop of Trogir (1982.12.03 – 1995.10.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (1982.12.03 – 1995.10.28)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Gary (USA) (1992.08.19 – 1995.10.28)

Coadjutor Bishop of Gary (USA) (1995.10.28 – 1996.06.01)

Bishop of Gary (USA) (1996.06.01 – 2014.11.24)

Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1992.08.19 – 1995.10.28)

Bishop Norbert Felix Gaughan
(1984.07.24 – 1996.06.01)

Born:	1921.05.30 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1945.11.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.06.26
Died:	1999.10.01 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Taraqua (1975.04.02 – 1984.07.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Greensburg (USA) (1975.04.02 – 1984.07.24)

Bishop of Gary (USA) (1984.07.24 – 1996.06.01)

Bishop Andrew Gregory Grutka
(1956.12.29 – 1984.07.09)

Born:	1908.11.17 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1933.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.02.25
Died:	1993.11.11 († 84)

Bishop of Gary (USA) (1956.12.29 – 1984.07.09)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek (1995.10.28 – 1996.06.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Angels, Gary, Indiana
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (74)

Joliet (←), Chicago (↖), Kalamazoo (↗), Fort Wayne–South Bend (→), Lafayette in Indiana (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,680 km²

Population: 170,144 Catholics (21.0% of 810,210 total)

Pastoral Centres: 59 parishes, 6 missions

Personnel: 119 priests (72 diocesan, 47 religious), 68 deacons, 115 religious (59 brothers, 56 sisters), 13 seminarians