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Diocese of

Gary

USA USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Gary / Garien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Indianapolis

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (74)

Joliet (←), Chicago (↖), Kalamazoo (↗), Fort Wayne–South Bend (→), Lafayette in Indiana (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.11.26 – ...):Bishop Robert John McClory (59)Bishop Robert John McClory (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Gary (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert John McClory (59)Bishop Robert John McClory (59)
(2019.11.26 – ...)

Bishop of Gary (USA)

Jesum Dominum prædicamus

Born:1963.10.10 (Detroit, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:1999.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:2020.02.11

Priest of Detroit (USA) (1999.05.22 – 2019.11.26)

Bishop of Gary (USA) (2019.11.26 – ...)

Bishop Donald Joseph Hying (60)Bishop Donald Joseph Hying (60)
(2014.11.24 – 2019.04.25)

Bishop of Madison (USA)

Caritas numquam excidit

Born:1963.08.18 (West Allis, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:1989.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:2011.07.20

Priest of Milwaukee (USA) (1989.05.20 – 2011.05.26)

Titular Bishop of Regiæ (2011.05.26 – 2014.11.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA) (2011.05.26 – 2014.11.24)

Bishop of Gary (USA) (2014.11.24 – 2019.04.25)

Bishop of Madison (USA) (2019.04.25 – ...)

Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek
(1996.06.01 – 2014.11.24)

To know Christ

Born:1938.11.09 (Detroit, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:1964.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:1983.01.27
Died:2022.08.25 (Gary, IN, USA † 83)

Titular Bishop of Trogir (1982.12.03 – 1995.10.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (1982.12.03 – 1995.10.28)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Gary (USA) (1992.08.19 – 1995.10.28)

Coadjutor Bishop of Gary (USA) (1995.10.28 – 1996.06.01)

Bishop of Gary (USA) (1996.06.01 – 2014.11.24)

Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1992.08.19 – 1995.10.28)

Bishop Norbert Felix Gaughan
(1984.07.24 – 1996.06.01)

Born:1921.05.30 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1945.11.04
Consecrated Bishop:1975.06.26
Died:1999.10.01 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Taraqua (1975.04.02 – 1984.07.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Greensburg (USA) (1975.04.02 – 1984.07.24)

Bishop of Gary (USA) (1984.07.24 – 1996.06.01)

Bishop Andrew Gregory Grutka
(1956.12.29 – 1984.07.09)

Born:1908.11.17 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1933.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:1957.02.25
Died:1993.11.11 († 84)

Bishop of Gary (USA) (1956.12.29 – 1984.07.09)

Former Prelates

Contact Info

Address: Chancery Office, 9292 BRd.way Ave., Merrillville, IN 46410, USA

Phone: +1 (219) 769-9292

Websites:

Statistics

Area: 4,680 km²

Population: 169,617 Catholics (21.0% of 807,703 total) (2021)

Statistics: 59 parishes, 8 missions, 118 priests (73 diocesan, 45 religious), 72 deacons, 108 religious (56 brothers, 52 sisters), 12 seminarians (2021)

History

Last updated on 2023.09.03

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