Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Springfield in Massachusetts / Campifontis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Boston

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1870.06.14: Established as Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts / Campifontis (Latin) (from Diocese of Boston and became suffragan of New York)
1875.02.12: Became suffragan of Boston
1950.01.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Worcester

Contact Info

Address: 68 Elliot St., P.O. Box 1730, Springfield, MA 01102-1730, USA

Phone: +1 (413) 732-3175

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.10.14 – ...):

Bishop William Draper Byrne (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Springfield in Massachusetts (Roman Rite)

Bishop William Draper Byrne (60)
(2020.10.14 – ...)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA)

In spem vivam

Born:	1964.09.26 (Washington, DC, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1994.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.12.14

Priest of Washington (USA) (1994.06.25 – 2020.10.14)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (2020.10.14 – ...)

Bishop Robert Joseph McManus (73)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.08.25 – 2020.10.14)

Bishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski (66) (later Archbishop)
(2014.06.19 – 2020.06.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Serve the Lord with gladness

Born:	1958.08.06 (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1984.11.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.08.24

Priest of Baltimore (USA) (1984.11.24 – 2004.07.03)

Titular Bishop of Walla Walla (2004.07.03 – 2014.06.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA) (2004.07.03 – 2014.06.19)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (2014.06.19 – 2020.06.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA) (2020.06.10 – ...)

Bishop Timothy Anthony McDonnell (86)
(2004.03.09 – 2014.06.19)

Bishop emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA)

Love God and love neighbor

Born:	1937.12.23 (New York, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.12.12

Priest of New York (USA) (1963.06.01 – 2001.10.30)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1990.06.06 – 2001.10.30)

Titular Bishop of Semina (2001.10.30 – 2004.03.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) (2001.10.30 – 2004.03.09)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (2004.03.09 – 2014.06.19)

Bishop Thomas Ludger Dupré
(1995.03.14 – 2004.02.11)

Born:	1933.11.10 (South Hadley Falls, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1959.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.05.31
Died:	2016.12.30 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Hodelm (1990.04.07 – 1995.03.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1990.04.07 – 1995.03.14)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1995.03.14 – 2004.02.11)

Bishop John Aloysius Marshall
(1992 – 1994.07.03)

Born:	1928.04.26 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.01.25
Died:	1994.07.03 († 66)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1971.12.14 – 1992)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1992 – 1994.07.03)

Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire
(1977.10.15 – 1991.12.27)

Nihil impossible apud Deum / Nothing is impossible with God

Born:	1919.09.04 (Boston, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1945.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.02.02
Died:	2014.11.23 († 95)

Titular Bishop of Mactaris (1971.12.01 – 1976.04.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (1971.12.01 – 1976.04.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1976.04.13 – 1977.10.15)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1977.10.15 – 1991.12.27)

Bishop Christopher Joseph Weldon
(1950.01.28 – 1977.10.15)

ut Christum feram

Born:	1905.09.06 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1929.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.03.24
Died:	1982.03.19 († 76)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1950.01.28 – 1977.10.15)

Bishop Thomas Mary O’Leary
(1921.06.16 – 1949.10.10)

Viam veritatis elegi

Born:	1875.08.16 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1897.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.09.08
Died:	1949.10.10 († 74)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1921.06.16 – 1949.10.10)

Bishop Thomas Daniel Beaven
(1892.08.09 – 1920.10.05)

Michæl salutis signifer

Born:	1851.03.01 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1875.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.10.18
Died:	1920.10.05 († 69)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1892.08.09 – 1920.10.05)

Bishop Patrick Thomas O’Reilly
(1870.06.23 – 1892.05.28)

Quis ut Deus

Born:	1833.12.24 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1857.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1870.09.25
Died:	1892.05.28 († 58)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1870.06.23 – 1892.05.28)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire (1976.04.13 – 1977.10.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Ludger Dupré (1990.04.07 – 1995.03.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Leo Edward O’Neil (1980.06.30 – 1989.10.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Michael Cathedral, Springfield, Massachusetts
Minor Basilica: Basilica of St. Stanislaus, Chicopee, Massachusetts
National Shrine: National Shrine of the Divine Mercy, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (101)

Albany (←), Burlington (↑), Manchester (↗), Worcester (→), Norwich (↘), Hartford (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,306 km²

Population: 156,210 Catholics (18.9% of 828,249 total)

Pastoral Centres: 76 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 155 priests (114 diocesan, 41 religious), 100 deacons, 269 religious (51 brothers, 218 sisters), 2 seminarians