Diocese of

Reno

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Reno / Renen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Las Vegas

Neighbouring Dioceses: Stockton (↙), Sacramento (←), Baker (↑), Boise City (↗), Salt Lake City (→), Las Vegas (↘), Fresno (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Snows (August 5), Holy Family

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 19

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1931.03.27: Established as Diocese of Reno (from Diocese of Sacramento and Diocese of Salt Lake and became suffragan of San Francisco)
1976.10.13: Renamed as Diocese of Reno–Las Vegas / Renen(sis)–Campen(sis) (Latin)
1995.03.21: Renamed as Diocese of Reno / Renen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Las Vegas)
2023.05.30: Became suffragan of Las Vegas

Contact Info

Address: 290 S. Arlington Ave., Suite 200, Reno, NV 89501, USA

Phone: +1 (775) 329-9274

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.07.20 – ...):

Bishop Daniel Henry Mueggenborg (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Reno (Roman Rite)

Bishop Daniel Henry Mueggenborg (63)
(2021.07.20 – ...)

Bishop of Reno (USA)

Misericordes sicut Pater

Born:	1962.04.15 (Okarche, OK, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1989.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.05.31

Priest of Tulsa (USA) (1989.07.14 – 2017.04.06)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2004.05.01 – 2017.04.06)

Titular Bishop of Tullia (2017.04.06 – 2021.07.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (USA) (2017.04.06 – 2021.07.20)

Bishop of Reno (USA) (2021.07.20 – ...)

Bishop Randolph Roque Calvo (75)
(2005.12.23 – 2021.07.20)

Bishop emeritus of Reno (USA)

Come Creator Spirit

Born:	1950.08.28 (Agaña, Guam)
Ordained Priest:	1977.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.17

Priest of San Francisco (USA) (1977.05.21 – 2005.12.23)

Bishop of Reno (USA) (2005.12.23 – 2021.07.20)

Bishop Philip Francis Straling (92)
(1995.03.21 – 2005.06.21)

Bishop emeritus of Reno (USA)

Gaudium in Christo

Born:	1933.04.25 (San Bernardino, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1959.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.11.06

Priest of San Diego (USA) (1959.03.19 – 1978.07.14)

Bishop of San Bernardino (USA) (1978.07.14 – 1995.03.21)

Bishop of Reno (USA) (1995.03.21 – 2005.06.21)

Bishops of Reno–Las Vegas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Daniel Francis Walsh (88)
(1987.06.09 – 1995.03.21)

Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa (USA)

As one who serves

Born:	1937.10.02 (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1963.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.09.24

Priest of San Francisco (USA) (1963.03.30 – 1981.07.30)

Titular Bishop of Tigias (1981.07.30 – 1987.06.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1981.07.30 – 1987.06.09)

Bishop of Reno–Las Vegas (USA) (1987.06.09 – 1995.03.21)

Bishop of Las Vegas (USA) (1995.03.21 – 2000.04.11)

Bishop of Santa Rosa (USA) (2000.04.11 – 2011.06.30)

Bishop Norman Francis McFarland
(1976.10.13 – 1986.12.29)

In veritate ambulare

Born:	1922.02.21 (Martínez, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.09.08
Died:	2010.04.16 (Orange, CA, USA † 88)

Titular Bishop of Bida (1970.06.05 – 1976.02.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1970.06.05 – 1976.02.10)

Bishop of Reno (USA) (1976.02.10 – 1976.10.13)

Bishop of Reno–Las Vegas (USA) (1976.10.13 – 1986.12.29)

Bishop of Orange (USA) (1986.12.29 – 1998.06.30)

Bishops of Reno (Roman Rite)

Bishop Norman Francis McFarland
(1976.02.10 – 1976.10.13)

(see above)

Bishop Michael Joseph Green
(1967.03.11 – 1974.12.06)

Born:	1917.10.13 (St. Joseph, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1946.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.08.28
Died:	1982.08.30 (Pontiac, MI, USA † 64)

Titular Bishop of Trisipa (1962.06.22 – 1967.03.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing (USA) (1962.06.22 – 1967.03.11)

Bishop of Reno (USA) (1967.03.11 – 1974.12.06)

Bishop Robert Joseph Dwyer (later Archbishop)
(1952.05.19 – 1966.12.09)

Levate oculos vestros

Born:	1908.08.01 (Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1932.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.08.05
Died:	1976.03.24 (Oakland, CA, USA † 67)

Bishop of Reno (USA) (1952.05.19 – 1966.12.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA) (1966.12.09 – 1974.01.15)

Bishop Thomas Kiely Gorman
(1931.04.24 – 1952.02.08)

Agni Agnos Numerare

Born:	1892.08.30 (Pasadena, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1917.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.07.22
Died:	1980.08.16 (Dallas, TX, USA † 87)

Bishop of Reno (USA) (1931.04.24 – 1952.02.08)

Titular Bishop of Rhasus (1952.02.08 – 1954.08.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of Dallas–Fort Worth (USA) (1952.02.08 – 1954.08.29)

Bishop of Dallas–Fort Worth (USA) (1954.08.29 – 1969.08.09)

Bishop of Dallas (USA) (1969.08.09 – 1969.08.22)

Titular Bishop of Pinhel (1969.08.22 – 1971.01.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral, Reno, Nevada
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (35)

Stockton (↙), Sacramento (←), Baker (↑), Boise City (↗), Salt Lake City (→), Las Vegas (↘), Fresno (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 183,506 km²

Population: 114,900 Catholics (14.7% of 779,107 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes

Personnel: 48 priests (diocesan), 36 deacons, 15 religious (2 brothers, 13 sisters), 3 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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