Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Northern Michigan region of the United States. It comprises the twenty-one most northern counties of the lower peninsula of the state, and includes the cities of Gaylord, Traverse City, Alpena, Manistee and Petoskey. The fifth bishop is Steven J. Raica.
The diocese covers approximately and has a population of 505,000, 66,000 of whom are Catholic. It contains 77 parishes and 17 schools.

History

created the Diocese of Gaylord December 19, 1970 from territory separated from the Dioceses of Saginaw and Grand Rapids, and erected it on July 20, 1971. He named Edmund Szoka as first bishop and the church of St. Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral as the cathedral.

Bishops

Bishops of Gaylord

  1. Edmund Casimir Szoka, appointed Archbishop of Detroit and later President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and Governorate of Vatican City State
  2. Robert John Rose, appointed Bishop of Grand Rapids
  3. Patrick R. Cooney
  4. Bernard Hebda, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Newark and later Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
  5. Steven J. Raica, appointed Bishop of Birmingham

    Other priest of this diocese who became bishop