Diocese of La Crosse Dioecesis Crossensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Western Wisconsin (19 counties) |
Ecclesiastical province | Milwaukee |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,078 sq mi (39,050 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 863,610 206,191 (23.5%) |
Parishes | 160 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | March 3, 1868 (156 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman |
Patron saint | St. Joseph the Workman (primary) St. Francis of Assisi (secondary) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Gerard William Battersby |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jerome E. Listecki |
Bishops emeritus | William P. Callahan |
Map | |
Website | |
diolc.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse (Latin: Dioecesis Crossensis) is a Latin Church diocese in west-central Wisconsin in the United States. The metropolitan for the diocese is the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The mother church is the Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman in La Crosse.