Diocese of Crookston, USA 🇺🇸

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Crookston / Crookstonien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Neighbouring Dioceses: Fargo (←), Saint-Boniface (↖), Thunder Bay (↗), Duluth (→), Saint Cloud (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1909.12.31: Established as Diocese of Crookston / Crookstonien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and became suffragan of Saint Paul)

Contact Info

Address: 1200 Memorial Dr., Crookston, MN 56716, USA

Phone: +1 (218) 281-4533

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.10.18 – ...):

Bishop Andrew Harmon Cozzens (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Crookston (Roman Rite)

Bishop Andrew Harmon Cozzens (57)
(2021.10.18 – ...)

Bishop of Crookston (USA)

Præbe nobis cor tuum

Born:	1968.08.03 (Denver, CO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1997.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.12.09

Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1997.05.31 – 2013.10.11)

Titular Bishop of Bisica (2013.10.11 – 2021.10.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (2013.10.11 – 2021.10.18)

Bishop of Crookston (USA) (2021.10.18 – ...)

Bishop Richard Edmund Pates (83)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.04.13 – 2021.10.18)

Bishop Michael Joseph Hoeppner (76)
(2007.09.28 – 2021.04.13)

Bishop emeritus of Crookston (USA)

Omnia in nomine Domini Jesu

Born:	1949.06.01 (Winona, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.11.30

Priest of Winona (USA) (1975.06.29 – 2007.09.28)

Bishop of Crookston (USA) (2007.09.28 – 2021.04.13)

Bishop Victor Herman Balke (94)
(1976.07.07 – 2007.09.28)

Bishop emeritus of Crookston (USA)

Bless the Lord my soul

Born:	1931.09.29 (Meppen, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1958.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.09.02

Priest of Springfield in Illinois (USA) (1958.05.24 – 1976.07.07)

Bishop of Crookston (USA) (1976.07.07 – 2007.09.28)

Bishop Kenneth Joseph Povish
(1970.07.28 – 1975.10.08)

To accomplish his work

Born:	1924.04.19 (Alpena, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1950.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.09.29
Died:	2003.09.05 (Lansing, MI, USA † 79)

Priest of Saginaw (USA) (1950.06.03 – 1970.07.28)

Bishop of Crookston (USA) (1970.07.28 – 1975.10.08)

Bishop of Lansing (USA) (1975.10.08 – 1995.11.07)

Bishop Lawrence Alexander Glenn
(1960.01.27 – 1970.07.24)

Born:	1900.08.25 (Bellingham, WA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1927.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.09.12
Died:	1985.01.26 (Bemidji, MN, USA † 84)

Titular Bishop of Tuscamia (1956.07.13 – 1960.01.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Duluth (USA) (1956.07.13 – 1960.01.27)

Bishop of Crookston (USA) (1960.01.27 – 1970.07.24)

Titular Bishop of Blera (1970.07.24 – 1970.12.31)

Bishop Francis Joseph Schenk
(1945.03.10 – 1960.01.27)

Humilitas et caritas

Born:	1901.04.01 (Superior, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1926.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.05.24
Died:	1969.10.28 (Duluth, MN, USA † 68)

Priest of Saint Paul (USA) (1926.06.13 – 1945.03.10)

Bishop of Crookston (USA) (1945.03.10 – 1960.01.27)

Bishop of Duluth (USA) (1960.01.27 – 1969.04.30)

Bishop John Hubert Peschges
(1938.08.30 – 1944.10.30)

Born:	1881.05.11 (West Newton, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1905.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.11.09
Died:	1944.10.30 (Crookston, MN, USA † 63)

Priest of Winona (USA) (1905.04.15 – 1938.08.30)

Bishop of Crookston (USA) (1938.08.30 – 1944.10.30)

Bishop Timothy J. Corbett
(1910.04.09 – 1938.06.25)

Born:	1858.07.10 (Mendota, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1886.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.05.19
Died:	1939.07.20 (Crookston, MN, USA † 81)

Priest of Saint Paul (USA) (1886.06.12 – 1910.04.09)

Bishop of Crookston (USA) (1910.04.09 – 1938.06.25)

Titular Bishop of Vita (1938.06.25 – 1939.07.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Crookston, Minnesota
Former Cathedral (now secular): Former Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Crookston, Minnesota

Churches by City (69)

Fargo (←), Saint-Boniface (↖), Thunder Bay (↗), Duluth (→), Saint Cloud (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 44,574 km²

Population: 35,500 Catholics (13.2% of 269,335 total)

Pastoral Centres: 66 parishes

Personnel: 44 priests (40 diocesan, 4 religious), 22 deacons, 31 religious (4 brothers, 27 sisters), 6 seminarians