Roman Catholic Diocese of Crookston


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Crookston is the diocese of the Western or Latin Church of the Catholic Church that covers the northwest section of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America. The current bishop of the diocese is Michael Hoeppner. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
The Episcopal see for the diocese is Crookston, Minnesota. The cathedral parish of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The Diocese of Crookston comprises the 14 counties of Kittson, Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Polk, Red Lake, Pennington, Clearwater, Beltrami, Norman, Mahnomen, Hubbard, Clay and Becker.
The diocese was founded on December 31, 1909 by Pope Pius X. Its territory was taken from the Archdiocese of Saint Paul.

Bishops

The list of bishops of the diocese and their terms of service:
  1. Timothy J. Corbett
  2. John Hubert Peschges
  3. Francis Joseph Schenk, appointed Bishop of Duluth
  4. Lawrence Alexander Glenn
  5. Kenneth Joseph Povish, appointed Bishop of Lansing
  6. Victor Hermann Balke
  7. Michael Joseph Hoeppner

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