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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne

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Territory
  
The State of Wyoming

Population - Catholics
  
49,459 (8.5%)

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Phone
  
+1 307-638-1530

Emeritus bishop
  
Joseph Hubert Hart

Metropolitan
  
Samuel Joseph Aquila

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Established
  
August 2, 1887

Country
  
United States of America

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne

Address
  
2121 Capitol Ave, Cheyenne, WY 82001, USA

Hours
  
Closing soon · 8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday8AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–5PMSuggest an edit

Cathedral
  
St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, Samuel J. Aquila

Similar
  
Cathedral of St Mary, St Joseph's Catholic Church, Church of the Holy Trinity, Greek Orthodox Church‑Sis, St Mark's Episcopal Church

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne (Latin: Dioecesis Cheyennensis) is a Roman Catholic suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Denver.

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The cathedral episcopal see and mother church is St. Mary's Cathedral, located in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

History

  • On 2 August 1887, Pope Leo XIII erected the Diocese of Cheyenne, on territory split off from the Diocese of Omaha .

    • Statistics and extent

    As per 2014, it pastorally served 54,995 Catholics (9.5% of 576,412 total) on 252,552 km² in 37 parishes, 64 priests (61 diocesan, 3 religious), 37 deacons, 17 lay religious (3 brothers, 14 sisters), 10 seminarians.

    The bishopric covers the state of Wyoming, as well as the parts of Yellowstone National Park in Montana and Idaho.

    Episcopal Ordinaries

    (all Roman Rite)

    Suffragan Bishops of Cheyenne
    1. Maurice Francis Burke (1887.08.09 – 1893.06.19), next Bishop of Saint Joseph (USA) (1893.06.19 – death 1923.03.17)
    2. Thomas Mathias Lenihan (1896.11.30 – death 1901.12.15)
    3. James Keane (1902.06.10 – 1911.08.11), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1911.08.11 – 1929.08.02)
    4. Patrick McGovern (1912.01.19 – death 1951.11.08)
    5. Hubert Newell (1951.11.08 – retired 1978.01.03), succeeded as former Coadjutor Bishop of Cheyenne (1947.08.02 – 1951.11.08) and Titular Bishop of Zapara (1947.08.02 – 1951.11.08); died 1987
    6. Joseph Hubert Hart (1978.04.25 – retired 2001.09.26), suceeded as former Auxiliary Bishop of Cheyenne (1976.07.01 – 1978.04.25) and Titular Bishop of Thimida regia (1976.07.01 – 1978.04.25)
    7. David L. Ricken (2001.09.26 – 2008.07.09), succeeded as former Coadjutor Bishop of Cheyenne (1999.12.14 – 2001.09.26); next Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (2008.07.09 – ...)
    8. Paul D. Etienne (19 October 2009 – 4 October 2016.10.04), previously Rev. in Indianapolis, next Metropolitan Archbishop of Anchorage (Alaska, USA) (2016.10.04 – ...)
    9. Bishop-elect Steven Biegler (16 March 2017 - ... ), previously Rev. in Diocese of Rapid City.

    References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne Wikipedia
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