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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary (Latin: Dioecesis Gariensis) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America, and was founded on December 10, 1956. It is one of four suffragan dioceses of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis, and is part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Indianapolis. Its ecclesiastic territory includes Lake, Porter, LaPorte, and Starke counties in northwestern Indiana. The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary, Indiana. The bishop is Dale Joseph Melczek. Also serving the diocese are 105 priests, 67 permanent deacons, 10 religious brothers, and 85 religious sisters who are members of various religious institutes.[1] These priests, deacons and persons religious serve a Catholic population in northwest Indiana of 186,420[2] in 73 parishes and missions.[3][4]
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Diocese of Gary Dioecesis Gariensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | The counties of Lake, LaPorte, Porter and Starke in Northwest Indiana |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Indianapolis |
Metropolitan | Gary, Indiana |
Statistics | |
Population - Catholics | 186,420 |
Parishes | 73 |
Churches | 72 |
Schools | 24 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 10, 1956 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Angels |
Patron saint | Guardian Angels St. Matthias the Apostle |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Benedict XVI |
Bishop | Dale Joseph Melczek Bishop of Gary |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Daniel M. Buechlein, OSB Archbishop of Indianapolis |
Map | |
![]() Territory of the Diocese of Gary | |
Website | |
dcgary.org |
During the first half of the 20th century, many Catholic immigrants came from Eastern Europe to work in the region’s growing steel industry. A number of parishes were founded near the steel mills so that the newly arrived immigrants could celebrate Mass in their native languages. As of 2012, four parishes in the diocese still offer Mass in Polish, two parishes in Croatian, one in Hungarian, and one in Lithuanian. Fourteen parishes also offer Mass in Spanish. One parish offers a Tridentine Mass in Latin.[4]
The diocese also operates several educational, medical, and social service organizations. Educational institutions include 20 elementary schools, 3 high schools (one of which has an 8th grade prep academy), 1 college, and a Catholic student center at Valparaiso University.[5] The diocese also supervises six hospitals or medical centers, three homes for the aged, three protective homes, three cemeteries, and Catholic Charities, Diocese of Gary.[3]