Diocese of Pueblo, USA 🇺🇸

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Pueblo / Pueblen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Denver

Neighbouring Dioceses: Gallup (↙), Salt Lake City (←), Denver (↑), Colorado Springs (↑), Dodge City (→), Oklahoma City (↘), Santa Fe (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (October 1), Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 20

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1941.11.15: Established as Diocese of Pueblo / Pueblen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Denver and became suffragan of Denver)
1983.11.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Colorado Springs

Contact Info

Address: 1001 N Grand Ave., Pueblo, CO 81003-2948, USA

Phone: +1 (719) 544-9861

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.01.15 – ...):

Bishop Stephen Jay Berg (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Pueblo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Stephen Jay Berg (75)
(2014.01.15 – ...)

Bishop of Pueblo (USA)

Thy will be done

Born:	1951.03.03 (Miles City, MT, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1999.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.02.27

Priest of Fort Worth (USA) (1999.05.15 – 2014.01.15)

Bishop of Pueblo (USA) (2014.01.15 – ...)

Bishop Michael John Sheridan
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.06.18 – 2014.01.15)

Bishop Fernando Isern (67)
(2009.10.15 – 2013.06.13)

Bishop emeritus of Pueblo (USA)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1958.09.22 (La Habana, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:	1993.04.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.12.10

Priest of Miami (USA) (1993.04.16 – 2009.10.15)

Bishop of Pueblo (USA) (2009.10.15 – 2013.06.13)

Bishop Arthur Nicholas Tafoya
(1980.07.01 – 2009.10.15)

Born:	1933.03.02 (Alameda, NM, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1962.05.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.09.10
Died:	2018.03.24 (Albuquerque, NM, USA † 85)

Bishop of Pueblo (USA) (1980.07.01 – 2009.10.15)

Bishop Charles Albert Buswell
(1959.08.08 – 1979.09.19)

Born:	1913.10.15 (Homestead, OK, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1939.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.09.30
Died:	2008.06.14 († 94)

Bishop of Pueblo (USA) (1959.08.08 – 1979.09.19)

Bishop Joseph Clement Willging
(1941.12.06 – 1959.03.03)

Born:	1884.09.06 (Dubuque, IA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1908.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.02.24
Died:	1959.03.03 (Denver, CO, USA † 74)

Bishop of Pueblo (USA) (1941.12.06 – 1959.03.03)

Special Churches

Churches by City (86)

Gallup (↙), Salt Lake City (←), Denver (↑), Colorado Springs (↑), Dodge City (→), Oklahoma City (↘), Santa Fe (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 124,754 km²

Population: 192,485 Catholics (27.4% of 702,475 total)

Pastoral Centres: 52 parishes

Personnel: 59 priests (36 diocesan, 23 religious), 41 deacons, 37 religious (23 brothers, 14 sisters), 4 seminarians