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Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona

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Country
  
United States

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Bishop
  
John M. Quinn

Parishes
  
114

Area
  
31,810 km²

Phone
  
+1 507-454-4643

Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona

Territory
  
20 counties across southern Minnesota

Ecclesiastical province
  
Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 585,000 134,449 (23%)

Address
  
55 W 8th St, Winona, MN 55987, USA

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart

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The Diocese of Winona (Latin: Dioecesis Winonensis) is the Roman Catholic diocese which ministers to the people of southern Minnesota. The diocese includes Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Jackson, Martin, Mower, Murray, Nobles, Olmsted, Pipestone, Rock, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Watonowan, and Winona Counties.

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Pope Leo XIII erected the Diocese on November 26, 1889. The episcopal see is located in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Winona, Minnesota. Its present Bishop is John M. Quinn. It is bordered to the north by the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, of which is a suffragan see, and the Diocese of New Ulm.

Bishops of the Diocese of Winona

  • Joseph Bernard Cotter (1889–1909)
  • Patrick Richard Heffron (1910–1927)
  • Francis Martin Kelly (1928–1949)
  • Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald (1949–1969)
  • Loras Joseph Watters (1969–1986)
  • John George Vlazny (1987–1997)
  • Bernard Joseph Harrington (1998–2009)
  • John M. Quinn (2009 - )

    • Coadjutor Bishops

  • Leo Binz, Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Winona (1942–1949)

    • Affiliated Bishops

  • Robert Henry Brom, Bishop of the Duluth, Minnesota Diocese and later the San Diego, California Diocese
  • Frederick William Freking, ordained for the Winona Diocese, later became Bishop of the Salina, Kansas and La Crosse, Wisconsin Dioceses
  • Michael Joseph Hoeppner, Bishop of the Crookston, Minnesota Diocese
  • John Hubert Peschges, Bishop of the Crookston, Minnesota Diocese
  • George Henry Speltz, auxiliary bishop of the Winona Diocese, later became Bishop of the Saint Cloud, Minnesota Diocese

    • High schools

  • Cotter High School, Winona
  • Lourdes High School, Rochester
  • Loyola Catholic School, Mankato
  • Pacelli High School, Austin

    • Colleges

  • St. Mary's University of Minnesota

    • Seminaries

  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, Winona

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona Wikipedia
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