Diocese of Saint Cloud, USA 🇺🇸

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Saint Cloud / Sancti Clodoaldi (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Neighbouring Dioceses: Sioux Falls (↙), Fargo (↖), Crookston (↑), Duluth (↗), Saint Paul and Minneapolis (↘), New Ulm (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Cloud (September 7)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1875.02.12: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Minnesota (from Diocese of Saint Paul)
1889.09.22: Promoted as Diocese of Saint Cloud / Sancti Clodoaldi (Latin) (became suffragan of Saint Paul)
1889.10.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Duluth

Contact Info

Address: 214 Third Ave. South, P.O. Box 1248, St. Cloud, MN 56302, USA

Phone: +1 (320) 251-2340

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.12.15 – ...):

Bishop Patrick Michael Neary, C.S.C. (63)

Monsignors (3)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint Cloud (Roman Rite)

Bishop Patrick Michael Neary, C.S.C. (63)
(2022.12.15 – ...)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

Ave crux spes unica

Born:	1963.03.06 (La Porte, IN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1991.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.02.14

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (2022.12.15 – ...)

Bishop Donald Joseph Kettler (81)
(2013.09.20 – 2022.12.15)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Cloud (USA)

Faith, hope and love

Born:	1944.11.26 (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1970.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.08.22

Priest of Sioux Falls (USA) (1970.05.29 – 2002.06.07)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1996.06.10 – 2002.06.07)

Bishop of Fairbanks (USA) (2002.06.07 – 2013.09.20)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (2013.09.20 – 2022.12.15)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Sioux Falls (USA) (2025.05.01 – 2025.08.12)

Bishop John Francis Kinney
(1995.05.09 – 2013.09.20)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1937.06.11 (Oelwein, IA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1963.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.01.25
Died:	2019.09.27 (Saint Cloud, MN, USA † 82)

Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1963.02.02 – 1976.11.09)

Titular Bishop of Caorle (1976.11.09 – 1982.06.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1976.11.09 – 1982.06.28)

Bishop of Bismarck (USA) (1982.06.28 – 1995.05.09)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1995.05.09 – 2013.09.20)

Bishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. (86) (later Archbishop)
(1987.07.06 – 1994.08.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dubuque (USA)

To serve rather than to rule

Born:	1940.05.25 (Brainard, NE, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1966.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.08.24

President of Swiss-American Benedictine Congregation (1984 – 1987.07.06)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1987.07.06 – 1994.08.23)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1994.08.23 – 1995.10.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1995.10.16 – 2013.04.08)

Bishop George Henry Speltz
(1968.01.31 – 1987.01.13)

Born:	1912.05.29 (Altura, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1940.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.03.25
Died:	2004.02.01 (St. Cloud, MN, USA † 91)

Priest of Winona (USA) (1940.06.02 – 1963.02.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Winona (USA) (1963.02.12 – 1966.04.04)

Titular Bishop of Claneus (1963.02.12 – 1968.01.31)

Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1966.04.04 – 1968.01.31)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1968.01.31 – 1987.01.13)

Bishop Peter William Bartholome
(1953.05.31 – 1968.01.31)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1893.04.02 (Bellechester, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1917.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.03.03
Died:	1982.06.17 (Ward Springs, MN, USA † 89)

Priest of Winona (USA) (1917.06.12 – 1941.12.06)

Titular Bishop of Lete (1941.12.06 – 1953.05.31)

Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1941.12.06 – 1953.05.31)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1953.05.31 – 1968.01.31)

Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa (1968.01.31 – 1971.01.13)

Bishop Joseph Francis Busch
(1915.01.19 – 1953.05.31)

Born:	1866.04.18 (Red Wing, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1889.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.05.19
Died:	1953.05.31 (St. Cloud, MN, USA † 87)

Priest of Saint Paul (USA) (1889.07.28 – 1910.04.09)

Bishop of Lead (USA) (1910.04.09 – 1915.01.19)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1915.01.19 – 1953.05.31)

Bishop James Trobec
(1897.07.05 – 1914.04.15)

Born:	1838.07.10 (Billichgratz, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1865.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.09.21
Died:	1921.12.15 (St. Cloud, MN, USA † 83)

Priest of Saint Paul (USA) (1865.09.08 – 1897.07.05)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1897.07.05 – 1914.04.15)

Titular Bishop of Lycopolis (1914.04.28 – 1921.12.15)

Bishop Martin Marty, O.S.B.
(1895.01.21 – 1896.09.19)

Born:	1834.01.12 (Schwyz, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1856.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1880.02.01
Died:	1896.09.19 (St. Cloud, MN, USA † 62)

Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1879.08.11 – 1889.11.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Dakota (USA) (1879.08.11 – 1889.11.12)

Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1889.11.12 – 1895.01.21)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1895.01.21 – 1896.09.19)

Bishop John Joseph Frederick Otto Zardetti (later Archbishop)
(1889.09.22 – 1894.03.06)

Born:	1847.01.24 (Rorschach, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1870.08.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1889.10.20
Died:	1902.05.09 (Roma, Italy † 55)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1889.09.22 – 1894.03.06)

Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania) (1894.03.06 – 1895.05.25)

Titular Archbishop of Mocissus (1895.05.25 – 1902.05.09)

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Minnesota (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rupert Seidenbusch, O.S.B.
(1875.02.12 – 1888.10.19)

Born:	1830.10.13 (München, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1853.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.05.30
Died:	1895.06.03 (Richmond, VA, USA † 64)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Minnesota (USA) (1875.02.12 – 1888.10.19)

Titular Bishop of Alia (1875.02.12 – 1895.06.03)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop George Henry Speltz (1966.04.04 – 1968.01.31)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Peter William Bartholome (1941.12.06 – 1953.05.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Steven Rausch (1973.03.05 – 1977.01.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Mary, St. Cloud, Minnesota
National Shrine: National Shrine of St. Odilia, Onamia, Minnesota
Former Cathedral (now secular): Former Cathedral of the Holy Angels, St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Churches by City (141)

Sioux Falls (↙), Fargo (↖), Crookston (↑), Duluth (↗), Saint Paul and Minneapolis (↘), New Ulm (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 31,729 km²

Population: 116,680 Catholics (19.4% of 600,269 total)

Pastoral Centres: 131 parishes

Personnel: 168 priests (87 diocesan, 81 religious), 58 deacons, 395 religious (145 brothers, 250 sisters), 15 seminarians