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Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford
Catholic diocese in northern Illinois / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Diocese of Rockford (Latin: Diœcesis Rockfordiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in Northern Illinois in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago.
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Diocese of Rockford Diœcesis Rockfordiensis | |
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Territory | 11 counties in northwestern Illinois |
Ecclesiastical province | Chicago |
Metropolitan | Chicago |
Coordinates | 42.265808°N 88.963501°W / 42.265808; -88.963501 |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,457 sq mi (16,720 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,665,000 451,509 (27.1%) |
Parishes | 107 |
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Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | September 23, 1908; 115 years ago (1908-09-23) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Peter |
Patron saint | Immaculate Conception[1] |
Secular priests | 134 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | David John Malloy |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Blase J. Cupich |
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Website | |
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The mother church of the Diocese of Rockford is the Cathedral of Saint Peter in the City of Rockford. Pope Benedict XVI appointed David Malloy as the ninth and current bishop on March 20, 2012.[2][3]