Diocese of

Salt Lake City

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Salt Lake City / Civitatis Lacus Salsi (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Las Vegas

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Mary Magdalene (July 22), Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: February 21 (1993)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1886.11.23: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Utah (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco and became suffragan of San Francisco)
1891.01.27: Promoted as Diocese of Salt Lake / Lacus Salsi (Latin)
1931.03.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Reno
1951.03.31: Renamed as Diocese of Salt Lake City / Civitatis Lacus Salsi (Latin)
2023.05.30: Became suffragan of Las Vegas

Contact Info

Address: 27 C St., Salt Lake, UT 84103-2397, USA

Phone: +1 (801) 328-8641

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.01.10 – ...):

Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Salt Lake City (Roman Rite)

Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis (71)
(2017.01.10 – ...)

Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1953.10.13 (San Jose, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1979.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.02.10

Priest of Houma–Thibodaux (USA) (1979.04.28 – 2003.12.11)

Titular Bishop of Urci (2003.12.11 – 2017.01.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (USA) (2003.12.11 – 2017.01.10)

Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA) (2017.01.10 – ...)

Bishop John Charles Wester (74) (later Archbishop)
(2007.01.08 – 2015.04.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

Abide in Christ

Born:	1950.11.05 (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1976.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.09.18

Priest of San Francisco (USA) (1976.05.15 – 1998.06.30)

Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga (1998.06.30 – 2007.01.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1998.06.30 – 2007.01.08)

Apostolic Administrator of San Francisco (USA) (2005.05.13 – 2005.12.15)

Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA) (2007.01.08 – 2015.04.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (2015.04.27 – ...)

Bishop George Hugh Niederauer (later Archbishop)
(1994.11.03 – 2005.12.15)

To serve and to give

Born:	1936.06.14 (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1962.04.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.01.25
Died:	2017.05.02 (San Rafael, CA, USA † 80)

Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA) (1994.11.03 – 2005.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA) (2005.12.15 – 2012.07.27)

Bishop William Keith Weigand (87)
(1980.09.09 – 1993.11.30)

Bishop emeritus of Sacramento (USA)

Born:	1937.05.23 (Bend, OR, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1963.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.11.17

Priest of Boise City (USA) (1963.05.25 – 1980.09.09)

Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA) (1980.09.09 – 1993.11.30)

Bishop of Sacramento (USA) (1993.11.30 – 2008.11.29)

Bishop Joseph Lennox Federal
(1960.03.31 – 1980.04.22)

Jesum nobis ostende

Born:	1910.01.13 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1934.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.04.11
Died:	2000.08.31 († 90)

Auxiliary Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA) (1951.02.05 – 1958.05.01)

Titular Bishop of Appiaria (1951.02.05 – 1960.03.31)

Coadjutor Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA) (1958.05.01 – 1960.03.31)

Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA) (1960.03.31 – 1980.04.22)

Bishop Duane Garrison Hunt
(1951.03.31 – 1960.03.31)

Born:	1884.09.19 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1920.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.10.28
Died:	1960.03.31 († 75)

Bishop of Salt Lake (USA) (1937.08.06 – 1951.03.31)

Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA) (1951.03.31 – 1960.03.31)

Bishops of Salt Lake (Roman Rite)

Bishop Duane Garrison Hunt
(1937.08.06 – 1951.03.31)

(see above)

Bishop James Edward Kearney
(1932.07.01 – 1937.07.31)

In te Domine speravi

Born:	1884.10.28 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1908.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.10.28
Died:	1977.01.12 († 92)

Bishop of Salt Lake (USA) (1932.07.01 – 1937.07.31)

Bishop of Rochester (USA) (1937.07.31 – 1966.10.21)

Titular Bishop of Tabaicara (1966.10.21 – 1971.01.18)

Bishop John Joseph Mitty (later Archbishop)
(1926.06.21 – 1932.01.29)

Mihi vivere Christus est

Born:	1884.01.20 (New York, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1906.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1926.09.08
Died:	1961.10.15 († 77)

Bishop of Salt Lake (USA) (1926.06.21 – 1932.01.29)

Titular Archbishop of Ægina (1932.01.29 – 1935.03.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco (USA) (1932.01.29 – 1935.03.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (USA) (1935.03.02 – 1961.10.15)

Bishop Joseph Sarsfield Glass, C.M.
(1915.06.01 – 1926.01.26)

Born:	1874.03.13 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1897.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.08.24
Died:	1926.01.26 († 51)

Bishop of Salt Lake (USA) (1915.06.01 – 1926.01.26)

Bishop Lawrence Scanlan
(1891.01.30 – 1915.05.10)

Born:	1843.09.28 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1868.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.06.29
Died:	1915.05.10 († 71)

Bishop of Salt Lake (USA) (1886.11.23 – 1891.01.30)

Titular Bishop of Laranda (1887.01.25 – 1891.01.30)

Bishop of Salt Lake (USA) (1891.01.30 – 1915.05.10)

Bishop Lawrence Scanlan
(1886.11.23 – 1891.01.30)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Lennox Federal (1958.05.01 – 1960.03.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Lennox Federal (1951.02.05 – 1958.05.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Leo John Steck (1948.03.13 – 1950.06.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Churches by City (63)

Las Vegas (↙), Reno (←), Boise City (↖), Cheyenne (↗), Denver (→), Pueblo (→), Gallup (↘), Phoenix (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 219,887 km²

Population: 340,476 Catholics (10.0% of 3,404,760 total)

Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes

Personnel: 76 priests (69 diocesan, 7 religious), 82 deacons, 31 religious (7 brothers, 24 sisters), 8 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

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