Diocese of Colorado Springs, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Colorado Springs / Coloratensium Fontium (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Denver

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12), Saint Francis of Assisi (October 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 1

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1983.11.10: Established as Diocese of Colorado Springs / Coloratensium Fontium (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Denver and Diocese of Pueblo and became suffragan of Denver)

Contact Info

Address: 228 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903-1498, USA

Phone: +1 (719) 636-2345

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.04.30 – ...):

Bishop James Robert Golka (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Colorado Springs (Roman Rite)

Bishop James Robert Golka (58)
(2021.04.30 – ...)

Bishop of Colorado Springs (USA)

Stewards of God’s mysteries

Born:	1966.09.22 (Grand Island, NE, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1994.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.06.29

Priest of Grand Island (USA) (1994.06.03 – 2021.04.30)

Bishop of Colorado Springs (USA) (2021.04.30 – ...)

Bishop Michael John Sheridan
(2003.01.30 – 2021.04.30)

Virtus in infirmitate perficitur

Born:	1945.03.04 (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1971.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.09.03
Died:	2022.09.27 (Colorado Springs, CO, USA † 77)

Titular Bishop of Thibiuca (1997.07.08 – 2001.12.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1997.07.08 – 2001.12.04)

Coadjutor Bishop of Colorado Springs (USA) (2001.12.04 – 2003.01.30)

Bishop of Colorado Springs (USA) (2003.01.30 – 2021.04.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Pueblo (USA) (2013.06.18 – 2014.01.15)

Bishop Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen (93)
(1983.11.10 – 2003.01.30)

Bishop emeritus of Colorado Springs (USA)

Born:	1931.06.15 (Denver, CO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1959.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.09.20

Priest of Denver (USA) (1959.06.06 – 1974.07.06)

Titular Bishop of Abercorn (1974.07.06 – 1983.11.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Denver (USA) (1974.07.06 – 1983.11.10)

Bishop of Colorado Springs (USA) (1983.11.10 – 2003.01.30)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Michael John Sheridan (2001.12.04 – 2003.01.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (44)

Denver (↑), Salina (→), Dodge City (↘), Pueblo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 40,285 km²

Population: 194,953 Catholics (16.0% of 1,218,457 total)

Pastoral Centres: 39 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 73 priests (50 diocesan, 23 religious), 88 deacons, 96 religious (36 brothers, 60 sisters), 10 seminarians