Diocese of

Gaylord

USA USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Gaylord / Gaylorden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Detroit

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Liturgical Calendar (National) πŸ“…

History

Contact Info

Address: Diocesan Pastoral Center, 611 W. North St., Gaylord, MI 49735, USA

Phone: +1 (989) 732-5147

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.12.21 – ...):Bishop Jeffrey Joseph Walsh (59)Bishop Jeffrey Joseph Walsh (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Gaylord (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jeffrey Joseph Walsh (59)Bishop Jeffrey Joseph Walsh (59)
(2021.12.21 – ...)

Bishop of Gaylord (USA)

Divine providence

Born:1965.11.29 (Scranton, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:1994.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:2022.03.04

Priest of Scranton (USA) (1994.06.25 – 2021.12.21)

Bishop of Gaylord (USA) (2021.12.21 – ...)

Bishop Walter Allison Hurley (87)Bishop Walter Allison Hurley (87)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.06.23 – 2021.12.21)

Bishop Steven John Raica (72)Bishop Steven John Raica (72)
(2014.06.27 – 2020.03.25)

Bishop of Birmingham (USA)

Sursum corda

Born:1952.11.08 (Munising, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:1978.10.14
Consecrated Bishop:2014.08.28

Priest of Lansing (USA) (1978.10.14 – 2014.06.27)

Bishop of Gaylord (USA) (2014.06.27 – 2020.03.25)

Bishop of Birmingham (USA) (2020.03.25 – ...)

Archbishop Bernard Anthony Hebda (65)Bishop Bernard Anthony Hebda (65) (later Archbishop)
(2009.10.07 – 2013.09.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Only Jesus

Born:1959.09.03 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:1989.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:2009.12.01

Priest of Pittsburgh (USA) (1989.07.01 – 2009.10.07)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2000.02.16 – 2009.10.07)

Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts (2003.03.03 – 2009.10.07)

Bishop of Gaylord (USA) (2009.10.07 – 2013.09.24)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Newark (USA) (2013.09.24 – 2016.03.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (2015.06.15 – 2016.03.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (2016.03.24 – ...)

Bishop Patrick Ronald Cooney
(1989.11.06 – 2009.10.07)

Forever faithful

Born:1934.03.10 (Detroit, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:1959.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1983.01.27
Died:2012.10.15 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Hodelm (1982.12.03 – 1989.11.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (1982.12.03 – 1989.11.06)

Bishop of Gaylord (USA) (1989.11.06 – 2009.10.07)

Bishop Robert John Rose
(1981.10.13 – 1989.06.24)

In the name of the Lord

Born:1930.02.28 (Grand Rapids, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:1955.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1981.12.06
Died:2022.03.02 (Grand Rapids, MI, USA † 92)

Bishop of Gaylord (USA) (1981.10.13 – 1989.06.24)

Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA) (1989.06.24 – 2003.10.13)

Bishop Edmund Casimir Szoka (later Cardinal)
(1971.06.11 – 1981.03.21)

To live in faith

Born:1927.09.14 (Grand Rapids, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:1954.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:1971.07.20
Created Cardinal:1988.06.28
Died:2014.08.20 (Novi, MI, USA † 86)

Priest of Saginaw (USA) (1954.06.05 – 1971.06.11)

Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary (1962.06.08 – 1963.11.14)

Domestic Prelate (1963.11.14 – 1968.03.28)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1968.03.28 – 1971.06.11)

Bishop of Gaylord (USA) (1971.06.11 – 1981.03.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA) (1981.03.21 – 1990.04.28)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio (1988.06.28 – 2014.08.20)

President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (1990.01.22 – 1997.10.15)

President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1997.10.14 – 2006.09.15)

President of Governorate of Vatican City State (2001.02.22 – 2006.09.15)

Special Churches

Churches by City (84)

Marquette (β†–), Saginaw (β†˜), Grand Rapids (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 28,932 kmΒ²

Population: 79,080 Catholics (13.7% of 576,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 75 parishes

Personnel: 68 priests (67 diocesan, 1 religious), 26 deacons, 22 religious (1 brother, 21 sisters), 5 seminarians

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