Diocese of

Superior

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Superior / Superioren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Milwaukee

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Augustine of Hippo (August 28)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: February 5

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1905.05.03: Established as Diocese of Superior / Superioren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Green Bay and Diocese of La Crosse and became suffragan of Milwaukee)

Contact Info

Address: 1201 Hughitt Ave., PO Box 969, Superior, WI 54880, USA

Phone: +1 (715) 392-2937

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.12.15 – ...):

Bishop James Patrick Powers (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Superior (Roman Rite)

Bishop James Patrick Powers (71)
(2015.12.15 – ...)

Bishop of Superior (USA)

Deduc me Domine luce tua

Born:	1953.02.06 (Baldwin, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1990.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.02.18

Priest of Superior (USA) (1990.05.20 – 2015.12.15)

Bishop of Superior (USA) (2015.12.15 – ...)

Bishop Peter Forsyth Christensen (71)
(2007.06.28 – 2014.11.04)

Bishop of Boise City (USA)

Tu es Christus Filius Dei vivi

Born:	1952.12.24 (Altadena, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1985.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.14

Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1985.05.25 – 2007.06.28)

Bishop of Superior (USA) (2007.06.28 – 2014.11.04)

Bishop of Boise City (USA) (2014.11.04 – ...)

Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss
(1985.06.27 – 2007.06.28)

Videte quoniam suavis est Dominus

Born:	1930.10.25 (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1956.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.12.20
Died:	2015.09.21 († 84)

Coadjutor Bishop of Superior (USA) (1979.11.05 – 1985.06.27)

Bishop of Superior (USA) (1985.06.27 – 2007.06.28)

Bishop George Albert Hammes
(1960.03.28 – 1985.06.27)

Born:	1911.09.11 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1937.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.24
Died:	1993.04.11 († 81)

Bishop of Superior (USA) (1960.03.28 – 1985.06.27)

Bishop Joseph John Annabring
(1954.01.27 – 1959.08.27)

Born:	1900.03.19 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1927.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.03.25
Died:	1959.08.27 († 59)

Bishop of Superior (USA) (1954.01.27 – 1959.08.27)

Bishop Albert Gregory Meyer (later Cardinal)
(1946.02.18 – 1953.07.21)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1903.03.09 (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1926.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.04.11
Created Cardinal:	1959.12.14
Died:	1965.04.07 (Chicago, IL, USA † 62)

Priest of Milwaukee (USA) (1926.07.11 – 1946.02.18)

Domestic Prelate (1938.02.14 – 1946.02.18)

Bishop of Superior (USA) (1946.02.18 – 1953.07.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA) (1953.07.21 – 1958.09.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) (1958.09.19 – 1965.04.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1959.12.17 – 1965.04.07)

Bishop William Patrick O’Connor
(1941.12.27 – 1946.02.18)

Born:	1886.10.18 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1912.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.03.07
Died:	1973.07.13 († 86)

Bishop of Superior (USA) (1941.12.27 – 1946.02.18)

Bishop of Madison (USA) (1946.02.22 – 1967.02.18)

Titular Bishop of Siccesi (1967.02.18 – 1970.12.31)

Bishop Theodore Mary Reverman
(1926.07.02 – 1941.07.18)

Born:	1877.08.09 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1901.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1926.11.30
Died:	1941.07.18 († 63)

Bishop of Superior (USA) (1926.07.02 – 1941.07.18)

Bishop Joseph Gabriel Pinten
(1921.11.30 – 1926.06.25)

Born:	1867.10.03 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1890.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.05.03
Died:	1945.11.06 († 78)

Bishop of Superior (USA) (1921.11.30 – 1926.06.25)

Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA) (1926.06.25 – 1940.11.01)

Titular Bishop of Sela (1940.11.01 – 1945.11.06)

Bishop Joseph Maria Koudelka
(1913.08.06 – 1921.06.24)

Born:	1852.12.08 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1875.10.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1908.02.25
Died:	1921.06.24 († 68)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA) (1907.11.29 – 1911.09.04)

Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis (1907.11.29 – 1913.08.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA) (1911.09.04 – 1913.08.06)

Bishop of Superior (USA) (1913.08.06 – 1921.06.24)

Bishop Augustine Francis Schinner
(1905.05.13 – 1913.01.15)

Born:	1863.05.01 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1886.03.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.07.25
Died:	1937.02.07 († 73)

Bishop of Superior (USA) (1905.05.13 – 1913.01.15)

Bishop of Spokane (USA) (1914.03.18 – 1925.12.17)

Titular Bishop of Sala (1925.12.17 – 1937.02.07)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss (1979.11.05 – 1985.06.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Christ the King, Superior, Wisconsin

Churches by City (106)

Saint Paul and Minneapolis (↙), Duluth (←), Marquette (→), Green Bay (↘), La Crosse (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 40,701 km²

Population: 76,000 Catholics (17.3% of 438,622 total)

Pastoral Centres: 103 parishes

Personnel: 58 priests (40 diocesan, 18 religious), 62 deacons, 77 religious (18 brothers, 59 sisters), 6 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.04.14

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