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The Diocese of Fairbanks (Latin: Dioecesis de Fairbanks) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the northern part of the state of Alaska in the United States. It was formerly named the Prefecture Apostolic of Alaska (1894–1917), the Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska (1917–1951), and the Vicariate ...
In February 2008, the diocese of Fairbanks announced plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, claiming inability to pay the 140 plaintiffs, who filed claims against the diocese for alleged sexual abuse by priests or church workers dating from the 1950s to the early 1980s.
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
Diocese of Fairbanks: 1962–1966 Holy Angels Cathedral Diocese of Saint Cloud: 1889–1937 [13] Holy Family Old Cathedral: Archdiocese of Anchorage: 1966–2020 Holy Family Church: Diocese of Orange: 1976–2019 [14] Holy Name of Mary Pro-Cathedral: Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie: 1857–1937 Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral Diocese of Evansville ...
The archdiocese has a single suffragan diocese, the Diocese of Fairbanks. The mother church cathedral of the archdiocese is Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral in Anchorage. The co-cathedral is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Juneau. As of 2023, the archbishop is Andrew E. Bellisario.
On March 7, 2008, the Diocese of Fairbanks filed for bankruptcy after 130 civil suits filed by Alaska natives who claim to be abused by priests, and other church employees, beginning in the 1950s. [26]
Steven John Maekawa, O.P. (born 22 November 1967) is an American prelate and Dominican friar of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop for the Diocese of Fairbanks in Alaska since 2023. At the time of his appointment, he was serving as a priest in the Archdiocese of Anchorage–Juneau , where he was the pastor of Holy Family Old Cathedral .
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