Diocese of Lansing, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lansing / Lansingen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Detroit

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 9 (1913)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1937.05.22: Established as Diocese of Lansing / Lansingen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Detroit and became suffragan of Detroit)
1970.12.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kalamazoo

Contact Info

Address: 300 West Ottawa St., Lansing, MI 48933, USA

Phone: +1 (517) 342-2440

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.02.27 – ...):

Bishop Earl Alfred Boyea (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lansing (Roman Rite)

Bishop Earl Alfred Boyea (73)
(2008.02.27 – ...)

Bishop of Lansing (USA)

In manus tuas

Born:	1951.04.10 (Pontiac, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1978.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.09.13

Priest of Detroit (USA) (1978.05.20 – 2002.07.22)

Titular Bishop of Siccenna (2002.07.22 – 2008.02.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (2002.07.22 – 2008.02.27)

Bishop of Lansing (USA) (2008.02.27 – ...)

Bishop Carl Frederick Mengeling (94)
(1995.11.07 – 2008.02.27)

Bishop emeritus of Lansing (USA)

He must increase

Born:	1930.10.22 (Hammond, IN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1957.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.01.25

Priest of Gary (USA) (1957.05.25 – 1995.11.07)

Bishop of Lansing (USA) (1995.11.07 – 2008.02.27)

Bishop Kenneth Joseph Povish
(1975.10.08 – 1995.11.07)

To accomplish his work

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

Bishop of Crookston (USA) (1970.07.28 – 1975.10.08)

Bishop of Lansing (USA) (1975.10.08 – 1995.11.07)

Bishop Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski
(1965.12.01 – 1975.05.16)

Born:	1906.06.24 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1931.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.05.23
Died:	1975.05.16 († 68)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (1950.03.28 – 1964.10.07)

Titular Bishop of Lyrbe (1950.03.28 – 1965.12.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lansing (USA) (1964.10.07 – 1965.12.01)

Bishop of Lansing (USA) (1965.12.01 – 1975.05.16)

Bishop Joseph Henry Albers
(1937.08.04 – 1965.12.01)

Born:	1891.03.18 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1916.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.12.27
Died:	1965.12.01 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Lunda (1929.12.16 – 1937.08.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (USA) (1929.12.16 – 1937.08.04)

Bishop of Lansing (USA) (1937.08.04 – 1965.12.01)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski (1964.10.07 – 1965.12.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Stephen Sullivan (1972.07.25 – 1985.03.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Michael Joseph Green (1962.06.22 – 1967.03.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Mary Cathedral, Lansing, Michigan

Churches by City (88)

Fort Wayne–South Bend (↙), Kalamazoo (←), Grand Rapids (↖), Saginaw (↗), Detroit (→), Toledo (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 16,327 km²

Population: 180,300 Catholics (9.9% of 1,819,576 total)

Pastoral Centres: 72 parishes

Personnel: 148 priests (122 diocesan, 26 religious), 113 deacons, 355 religious (27 brothers, 328 sisters), 28 seminarians