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The diocese covers 16,377 square miles comprising the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and is divided into seven administrative vicariates as follows: St. Peter Cathedral Vicariate: Marquette County (named for St. Peter Cathedral , the diocesan cathedral church in Marquette );
Diocese of Oregon City: St. John the Apostle Church •1843.12.01: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Oregon with territory from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore and Archdiocese of Quebec •1846.07.24: Promoted as Diocese of Oregon City; lost territory to establish the Diocese of Vancouver Island and Diocese of Walla Walla
The first Catholic presence in present-day Michigan was that of the French Jesuit missionaries, Reverends Charles Raymbaut and Isaac Jogues. The two priests stopped near what is now Sault Ste. Marie in 1641 to visit the Chippewa Nation. [5] In 1670, Reverend Claude Dablon established the first Catholic mission in the region on Mackinac Island.
As of June 21, 2024, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,172 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,249 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal ordinariates, personal prelatures, territorial prelatures, territorial abbacies and missions sui juris ...
Holy Cross Church, 610 South Water St,, Marine City: Merged to form Our Lady on the River Parish. [51] St. Catherine of Alexandria Church, 1103 Washington St,, Algonac: Merged to form Our Lady on the River Parish. [52] St. Mary's 1865 1886 415 N. Sixth St., St. Clair: Designated as Michigan Historical Marker L1270A [53] St. Mary Queen of ...
The Diocese of Saginaw (Latin: Dioecesis Saginavensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Michigan in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit. The Diocese of Saginaw was founded on February 26, 1938.
More than 50 clergy — including 48 priests — in a Michigan diocese have been accused of sexual abuse dating back to the 1950s, according to a disturbing report by the state’s top prosecutor.
The Diocese of Grand Rapids (Latin: Dioecesis Grandcataractensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in western Michigan in the United States. It comprises 80 parishes in 11 counties. It is a suffragan see to the Archdiocese of Detroit. The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Saint Andrew in Grand Rapids.