Diocese of New Ulm, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: New Ulm / Novæ Ulmæ (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.11.18: Established as Diocese of New Ulm / Novæ Ulmæ (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and became suffragan of Saint Paul)

Contact Info

Address: 1400 6th Steet North, New Ulm, MN 56073-2057, USA

Phone: +1 (507) 359-2966

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.07.12 – ...):

Bishop Chad William Zielinski (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of New Ulm (Roman Rite)

Bishop Chad William Zielinski (60)
(2022.07.12 – ...)

Bishop of New Ulm (USA)

Illum oportet crescere / He must increase

Born:	1964.09.08 (Detroit, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1996.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.12.15

Priest of Gaylord (USA) (1996.06.08 – 2014.11.08)

Bishop of Fairbanks (USA) (2014.11.08 – 2022.07.12)

Bishop of New Ulm (USA) (2022.07.12 – ...)

Bishop John Marvin LeVoir (78)
(2008.07.14 – 2020.08.06)

Bishop emeritus of New Ulm (USA)

Nolite timere

Born:	1946.02.07 (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1981.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.09.15

Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1981.05.30 – 2008.07.14)

Bishop of New Ulm (USA) (2008.07.14 – 2020.08.06)

Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2007.04.24 – 2008.07.14)

Bishop John Clayton Nienstedt (77) (later Archbishop)
(2001.06.12 – 2007.04.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1947.03.18 (Detroit, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1974.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.07.09

Priest of Detroit (USA) (1974.07.27 – 1996.06.12)

Titular Bishop of Alton (1996.06.12 – 2001.06.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (1996.06.12 – 2001.06.12)

Bishop of New Ulm (USA) (2001.06.12 – 2007.04.24)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (2007.04.24 – 2008.05.02)

Apostolic Administrator of New Ulm (USA) (2007.04.24 – 2008.07.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (2008.05.02 – 2015.06.15)

Bishop Raymond Alphonse Lucker
(1975.12.23 – 2000.11.17)

Credo sed adjuva incredulitatem meum

Born:	1927.02.24 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1952.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.09.08
Died:	2001.09.19 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Meta (1971.07.12 – 1975.12.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1971.07.12 – 1975.12.23)

Bishop of New Ulm (USA) (1975.12.23 – 2000.11.17)

Bishop Alphonse James Schladweiler
(1957.11.28 – 1975.12.23)

Me sustentat dextera tua

Born:	1902.07.18 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1929.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.01.29
Died:	1996.04.03 († 93)

Bishop of New Ulm (USA) (1957.11.28 – 1975.12.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New Ulm, Minnesota
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (82)

Sioux Falls (←), Saint Cloud (↑), Saint Paul and Minneapolis (→), Winona–Rochester (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 25,535 km²

Population: 47,417 Catholics (16.8% of 283,068 total)

Pastoral Centres: 59 parishes

Personnel: 47 priests (46 diocesan, 1 religious), 18 deacons, 23 religious (1 brother, 22 sisters), 8 seminarians

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