Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona

Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona
Diocese of Winona
Dioecesis Winonensis

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Winona
Location
Country United States
Territory 20 counties across southern Minnesota
Ecclesiastical province Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Metropolitan Winona, Minnesota
Population
- Catholics

130,527
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established November 26, 1889
Cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Patron saint Blessed Virgin Mary
Current leadership
Pope Benedict XVI
Bishop

John M. Quinn

Bishop of Winona
Metropolitan Archbishop

John Clayton Nienstedt

Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Map

The Diocese of Winona covers the southernmost section of Minnesota in the Ecclesiastical Province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
Website
dow.org

The Diocese of Winona (Latin: Dioecesis Winonensis) is the Roman Catholic diocese which ministers to the people of southern Minnesota. The diocese includes Blue Earth, Cottonwood, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Jackson, Martin, Mower, Murray, Nobles, Olmsted, Pipestone, Rock, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Watonowan, and Winona Counties.[1]

Pope Leo XIII erected the Diocese on November 26, 1889.[2] The episcopal see is located in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Winona, Minnesota. Its present Bishop is John M. Quinn. It is bordered to the north by the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of New Ulm.

Contents

Bishops of the Diocese of Winona

Coadjutor Bishops

  • Leo Binz, Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Winona (1942–1949)

Affiliated Bishops

  • Robert Henry Brom, Bishop of the Duluth, Minnesota Diocese and later the San Diego, California Diocese
  • Frederick William Freking, ordained for the Winona Diocese, later became Bishop of the Salina, Kansas and La Crosse, Wisconsin Dioceses
  • Michael Joseph Hoeppner, Bishop of the Crookston, Minnesota Diocese
  • John Hubert Peschges, Bishop of the Crookston, Minnesota Diocese
  • George Henry Speltz, auxiliary bishop of the Winona Diocese, later became Bishop of the Saint Cloud, Minnesota Diocese

High schools

Colleges

  • St. Mary's University of Minnesota

Seminaries

References

  1. ^ Diocese of Winona at Catholic-Hierarchy
  2. ^ Diocese of Winona History

External links



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