Continent: North America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Fairbanks / de Fairbanks (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Anchorage–Juneau
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Bishop: | vacant |
Apostolic Administrator (2022.09.27 – ...): | ![]() Metropolitan Archbishop of Anchorage–Juneau (USA) |
Bishops of Fairbanks (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
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Illum oportet crescere / He must increase
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Bishop emeritus of Saint Cloud (USA)
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Bishop Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J.
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Bishop Robert Louis Whelan, S.J.
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Bishop Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J.
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Vicars Apostolic of Alaska (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J. (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J.
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Bishop Joseph Raphael John Crimont, S.J.
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Prefects Apostolic of Alaska (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Joseph Raphael John Crimont, S.J. (later Bishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Fr. Jean Baptist Rene, S.J.
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Fr. Paschal Tosi, S.J.
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Area: 1,061,508 km²
Population: 11,570 Catholics (6.9% of 166,835 total) (2020)
Statistics: 46 parishes, 18 priests (11 diocesan, 7 religious), 24 deacons, 10 lay religious (9 brothers, 1 sister), 4 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (October 1)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 26
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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