Diocese of Duluth, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Duluth / Duluthen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1889.10.03: Established as Diocese of Duluth / Duluthen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Saint Cloud and became suffragan of Saint Paul)

Contact Info

Address: 2830 E. Fourth St., Duluth, MN 55812, USA

Phone: +1 (218) 724-9111

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.04.07 – ...):

Bishop Daniel John Felton (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Duluth (Roman Rite)

Bishop Daniel John Felton (68)
(2021.04.07 – ...)

Bishop of Duluth (USA)

Believe in the Good News

Born:	1955.02.05 (Portsmouth, VA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1981.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.05.20

Priest of Green Bay (USA) (1981.06.13 – 2021.04.07)

Bishop of Duluth (USA) (2021.04.07 – ...)

Fr. Michel Joseph Mulloy
(2020.06.19 – 2020.09.07 not possessed)

Born:	1954.05.20 (Mobridge, SD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1979.06.08

Bishop of Duluth (USA) (2020.06.19 – 2020.09.07 not possessed)

Bishop Paul David Sirba
(2009.10.15 – 2019.12.01)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1960.09.02 (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1986.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.12.14
Died:	2019.12.01 (Duluth, MN, USA † 59)

Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1986.05.31 – 2009.10.15)

Bishop of Duluth (USA) (2009.10.15 – 2019.12.01)

Bishop Dennis Marion Schnurr (75) (later Archbishop)
(2001.01.18 – 2008.10.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA)

Quærite faciem Domini

Born:	1948.06.21 (Sheldon, IA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1974.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.04.02

Priest of Sioux City (USA) (1974.07.20 – 2001.01.18)

Bishop of Duluth (USA) (2001.01.18 – 2008.10.17)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA) (2008.10.17 – 2009.12.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA) (2009.12.21 – ...)

Bishop Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I. (83) (later Archbishop)
(1989.12.12 – 2000.01.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Anchorage (USA)

Jesus Christ is Lord

Born:	1940.07.03 (St. Paul, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1967.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.02.02

Bishop of Duluth (USA) (1989.12.12 – 2000.01.18)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Anchorage (USA) (2000.01.18 – 2001.03.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Anchorage (USA) (2001.03.03 – 2016.10.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Juneau (USA) (2008.01.16 – 2009.01.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks (USA) (2013.09.20 – 2014.11.08)

Bishop Robert Henry Brom
(1983.03.25 – 1989.05.01)

Ego sum Christi

Born:	1938.09.18 (Arcadia, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.05.23
Died:	2022.05.09 (San Diego, CA, USA † 83)

Bishop of Duluth (USA) (1983.03.25 – 1989.05.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Diego (USA) (1989.05.01 – 1990.07.10)

Bishop of San Diego (USA) (1990.07.10 – 2013.09.18)

Bishop Paul Francis Anderson
(1969.04.30 – 1982.08.17)

Born:	1917.04.20 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1943.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.10.17
Died:	1987.01.04 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Polignano (1968.07.19 – 1969.04.30)

Coadjutor Bishop of Duluth (USA) (1968.07.19 – 1969.04.30)

Bishop of Duluth (USA) (1969.04.30 – 1982.08.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1982.08.17 – 1987.01.04)

Bishop Francis Joseph Schenk
(1960.01.27 – 1969.04.30)

Humilitas et caritas

Born:	1901.04.01 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1926.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.05.24
Died:	1969.10.28 († 68)

Bishop of Crookston (USA) (1945.03.10 – 1960.01.27)

Bishop of Duluth (USA) (1960.01.27 – 1969.04.30)

Bishop Thomas Anthony Welch
(1925.12.17 – 1959.09.09)

Vigilemus cum Christo

Born:	1884.11.02 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1909.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1926.02.03
Died:	1959.09.09 († 74)

Bishop of Duluth (USA) (1925.12.17 – 1959.09.09)

Bishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1918.07.18 – 1925.07.08)

Born:	1877.12.15 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1901.10.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.09.08
Died:	1950.04.22 († 72)

Bishop of Duluth (USA) (1918.07.18 – 1925.07.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA) (1925.07.08 – 1950.04.22)

Bishop James McGolrick
(1889.11.15 – 1918.01.23)

Born:	1841.05.01 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1867.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1889.12.27
Died:	1918.01.23 († 76)

Bishop of Duluth (USA) (1889.11.15 – 1918.01.23)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Paul Francis Anderson (1968.07.19 – 1969.04.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lawrence Alexander Glenn (1956.07.13 – 1960.01.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Duluth, Minnesota
Former Cathedral (now secular): Former Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Duluth, Minnesota

Churches by City (87)

Saint Cloud (↙), Crookston (←), Thunder Bay (↑), Superior (→), Saint Paul and Minneapolis (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 32,000 km²

Population: 44,850 Catholics (9.9% of 450,781 total)

Pastoral Centres: 70 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 65 priests (63 diocesan, 2 religious), 58 deacons, 48 religious (2 brothers, 46 sisters), 10 seminarians