Diocese of Marquette, USA 🇺🇸 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1937.01.03: Established as Diocese of Marquette / Marquetten(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette and became suffragan of Milwaukee)
- 1937.05.22: Became suffragan of Detroit
Contact Info
Address: 444 S. Fourth St., P.O. Box 1000, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
Phone: +1 (906) 225-1141
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2013.12.17 – ...): |  Bishop John Francis Doerfler (59) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Marquette (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop John Francis Doerfler (59) (2013.12.17 – ...)Bishop of Marquette (USA)Evangelii gaudiumBorn:1964.11.02 (Appleton, WI, USA)Ordained Priest:1991.07.13Consecrated Bishop:2014.02.11Priest of Green Bay (USA) (1991.07.13 – 2013.12.17)Bishop of Marquette (USA) (2013.12.17 – ...) |
 Bishop Alexander King Sample (63) (later Archbishop) (2005.12.13 – 2013.01.29)Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA)Vultum Christi contemplariBorn:1960.11.07 (Kalispell, MT, USA)Ordained Priest:1990.06.01Consecrated Bishop:2006.01.25Priest of Helena (USA) (1990.06.01 – 2005.12.13)Bishop of Marquette (USA) (2005.12.13 – 2013.01.29)Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland in Oregon (USA) (2013.01.29 – ...) |
 Bishop James Henry Garland (92) (1992.10.06 – 2005.12.13)Bishop emeritus of Marquette (USA)Born:1931.12.13 (Wilmington, OH, USA)Ordained Priest:1959.08.15Consecrated Bishop:1984.07.25Priest of Cincinnati (USA) (1959.08.15 – 1984.06.02)Titular Bishop of Garriana (1984.06.02 – 1992.10.06)Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (USA) (1984.06.02 – 1992.10.06)Bishop of Marquette (USA) (1992.10.06 – 2005.12.13) |
| Bishop Mark Francis Schmitt (1978.03.21 – 1992.10.06)Born:1923.02.14 (Algoma, WI, USA)Ordained Priest:1948.05.22Consecrated Bishop:1970.06.24Died:2011.12.14 († 88)Titular Bishop of Ceanannus Mór (1970.04.30 – 1978.03.21)Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1970.04.30 – 1978.03.21)Bishop of Marquette (USA) (1978.03.21 – 1992.10.06) |
| Bishop Charles Alexander K. Salatka (later Archbishop) (1968.01.10 – 1977.10.11)Come Holy SpiritBorn:1918.02.26 (Grand Rapids, MI, USA)Ordained Priest:1945.02.24Consecrated Bishop:1962.03.06Died:2003.03.17 († 85)Titular Bishop of Cariana (1961.12.09 – 1968.01.10)Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA) (1961.12.09 – 1968.01.10)Bishop of Marquette (USA) (1968.01.10 – 1977.10.11)Metropolitan Archbishop of Oklahoma City (USA) (1977.10.11 – 1992.11.24) |
| Bishop Thomas Lawrence Noa (1947.08.25 – 1968.01.05)Born:1892.12.18 (USA)Ordained Priest:1916.12.23Consecrated Bishop:1946.03.19Died:1977.03.13 († 84)Titular Bishop of Salona (1946.02.22 – 1947.08.25)Coadjutor Bishop of Sioux City (USA) (1946.02.22 – 1947.08.25)Bishop of Marquette (USA) (1947.08.25 – 1968.01.05)Titular Bishop of Talaptula (1968.01.05 – 1970.12.31) |
| Bishop Francis Joseph Magner (1940.12.21 – 1947.06.13)Born:1887.03.18 (USA)Ordained Priest:1913.05.17Consecrated Bishop:1941.02.24Died:1947.06.13 († 60)Bishop of Marquette (USA) (1940.12.21 – 1947.06.13) |
| Bishop Joseph Casimir Plagens (1937.01.03 – 1940.12.16)Born:1880.01.29 (USA)Ordained Priest:1903.07.05Consecrated Bishop:1924.09.30Died:1943.03.31 († 63)Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis (1924.05.22 – 1935.11.16)Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (1924.05.22 – 1935.11.16)Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie–Marquette (1935.11.16 – 1937.01.03)Bishop of Marquette (USA) (1937.01.03 – 1940.12.16)Bishop of Grand Rapids (USA) (1940.12.16 – 1943.03.31) |
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 42,416 km²
Population: 64,280 Catholics (21.3% of 301,396 total)
Pastoral Centres: 73 parishes, 3 missions
Personnel: 75 priests (70 diocesan, 5 religious), 34 deacons, 39 religious (5 brothers, 34 sisters), 5 seminarians