Diocese of

Green Bay

USA USA

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Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Green Bay / Sinus Viridis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Milwaukee

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier (December 3)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 20

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History

Contact Info

Address: Chancery, P.O. Box 23825, Green Bay, WI 54305-3825, USA

Phone: +1 (920) 437-7531

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.07.09 – ...):Bishop David Laurin Ricken (72)Bishop David Laurin Ricken (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Green Bay (Roman Rite)

Bishop David Laurin Ricken (72)Bishop David Laurin Ricken (72)
(2008.07.09 – ...)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA)

Caritas sapientia fortitudo

Born:1952.11.09 (Dodge City, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:1980.09.12
Consecrated Bishop:2000.01.06

Priest of Pueblo (USA) (1980.09.12 – 1999.12.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Cheyenne (USA) (1999.12.14 – 2001.09.26)

Bishop of Cheyenne (USA) (2001.09.26 – 2008.07.09)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (2008.07.09 – ...)

Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan (74)Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan (74) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 2007.09.28 – 2008.07.09)

Bishop David Allen Zubik (75)Bishop David Allen Zubik (75)
(2003.10.10 – 2007.07.18)

Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA)

Nothing is Impossible with God

Born:1949.09.04 (Sewickley, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:1975.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:1997.04.06

Priest of Pittsburgh (USA) (1975.05.03 – 1997.02.18)

Titular Bishop of Jamestown (1997.02.18 – 2003.10.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA) (1997.02.18 – 2003.10.10)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (2003.10.10 – 2007.07.18)

Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA) (2007.07.18 – ...)

Bishop Robert Joseph Banks (96)Bishop Robert Joseph Banks (96)
(1990.10.16 – 2003.10.10)

Bishop emeritus of Green Bay (USA)

Blessed be God

Born:1928.02.26 (Boston, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:1952.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1985.09.19

Priest of Boston (USA) (1952.12.20 – 1985.06.26)

Titular Bishop of Taraqua (1985.06.26 – 1990.10.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (1985.06.26 – 1990.10.16)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1990.10.16 – 2003.10.10)

Cardinal Adam Joseph Maida (94)Bishop Adam Joseph Maida (94) (later Cardinal)
(1983.11.07 – 1990.04.28)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Detroit (USA)
Ecclesiastical Superior emeritus of Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands)

Facere omnia nova

Born:1930.03.18 (East Vandergrift, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:1956.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:1984.01.25
Created Cardinal:1994.11.26

Priest of Pittsburgh (USA) (1956.05.26 – 1983.11.07)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1983.11.07 – 1990.04.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA) (1990.04.28 – 2009.01.05)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1994.11.26 – ...)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands) (2000.07.14 – 2009.01.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Grand Rapids (USA) (2004.05.16 – 2005.06.21)

Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo
(1968.03.08 – 1983.05.10)

Caritati instate

Born:1908.06.17 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1934.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:1960.12.21
Died:2005.10.11 († 97)

Titular Bishop of Stadia (1960.10.17 – 1968.03.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) (1960.10.17 – 1968.03.08)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1968.03.08 – 1983.05.10)

Bishop Stanislaus Vincent Bona
(1945.03.03 – 1967.12.01)

Born:1888.10.01 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1912.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:1932.02.25
Died:1967.12.01 († 79)

Bishop of Grand Island (USA) (1931.12.18 – 1944.12.02)

Titular Bishop of Mela (1944.12.02 – 1945.03.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1944.12.02 – 1945.03.03)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1945.03.03 – 1967.12.01)

Bishop Paul Peter Rhode
(1915.07.15 – 1945.03.03)

Born:1871.09.18 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:1894.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:1908.07.29
Died:1945.03.03 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Barca (1908.05.22 – 1915.07.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) (1908.05.22 – 1915.07.15)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1915.07.15 – 1945.03.03)

Bishop Joseph John Fox
(1904.05.27 – 1914.11.07)

Born:1855.08.02 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1879.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:1904.07.25
Died:1915.03.14 († 59)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1904.05.27 – 1914.11.07)

Titular Bishop of Ionopolis (1914.11.07 – 1915.03.14)

Bishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer (later Archbishop)
(1891.12.14 – 1903.11.28)

Born:1847.08.29 (Goldach, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:1871.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:1892.03.27
Died:1930.08.04 (Goldach, Switzerland † 82)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1891.12.14 – 1903.11.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA) (1903.11.28 – 1930.08.04)

Bishop Frederick Francis Xavier Katzer (later Archbishop)
(1886.07.13 – 1891.01.30)

Born:1844.02.07 (Ebensee, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1866.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1886.09.21
Died:1903.07.20 (Fond du Lac, WI, USA † 59)

Priest of Milwaukee (USA) (1866.12.21 – 1886.07.13)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1886.07.13 – 1891.01.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA) (1891.01.30 – 1903.07.20)

Bishop Francis Xavier Krautbauer
(1875.02.12 – 1885.12.17)

Born:1824.01.12 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1850.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:1875.06.29
Died:1885.12.17 († 61)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1875.02.12 – 1885.12.17)

Bishop Joseph Melcher
(1868.03.03 – 1873.12.20)

Born:1806.03.19 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1830.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:1868.07.12
Died:1873.12.20 († 67)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1868.03.03 – 1873.12.20)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (193)

Madison (↙), La Crosse (←), Superior (↖), Marquette (↑), Milwaukee (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 27,775 km²

Population: 361,500 Catholics (34.0% of 1,062,726 total)

Pastoral Centres: 156 parishes, 40 missions

Personnel: 252 priests (161 diocesan, 91 religious), 158 deacons, 411 religious (104 brothers, 307 sisters), 18 seminarians

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