Diocese of Kalamazoo Dioecesis Kalamazuensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of Allegan, Barry, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph, and Branch |
Ecclesiastical province | Detroit |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,337 sq mi (13,820 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | 952,812 101,888 (11%) |
Parishes | 46 (+13 missions) |
Schools | 22
• Three high schools • Two middle schools • 17 elementary schools • Two stand-alone preschools |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 19, 1970 (54 years ago)[1] |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Augustine |
Patron saint | St. Augustine of Hippo |
Secular priests | 75 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Edward M. Lohse |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Allen Vigneron |
Vicar General | Rev. Fabio Garzon |
Bishops emeritus | Paul Joseph Bradley |
Map | |
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Website | |
diokzoo.org |
The Diocese of Kalamazoo (Latin: Dioecesis Kalamazuensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in southwestern Michigan in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit.
The mother church of the Diocese of Kalamazoo is the Cathedral of Saint Augustine in Kalamazoo.
The current bishop is Edward M. Lohse.