Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord

The Diocese of Gaylord (Latin: Diœcesis Gaylordensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the 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.

Diocese of Gaylord

Diœcesis Gaylordensis
St. Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country United States
TerritoryCounties of Charlevoix, Emmet, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Crawford, Oscoda, Alcona, Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Ogemaw, and Iosco
Ecclesiastical provinceDetroit
Statistics
Area11,171 sq mi (28,930 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2018)
506,623
46,095[1] (9.1%)
Parishes75
Schools17
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedDecember 19, 1970 (51 years ago)
CathedralSt. Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral
Patron saintOur Lady of Mount Carmel
Secular priests76
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJeffrey Walsh
Map
Website
dioceseofgaylord.org

The diocese covers approximately 11,171 square miles (28,930 km2) and has a population of 505,000, 66,000 of whom are Catholic. It contains 77 parishes and 17 schools.[1] The Diocese of Gaylord is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit.

History
Original cathedral

Pope Paul VI 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.[1] He named Edmund Szoka as first bishop and the church of St. Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral (Gaylord, Michigan) as the cathedral.

Bishops

Bishops of Gaylord
  1. Edmund Casimir Szoka (1971–1981), 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 (elevated to Cardinal in 1988)
  2. Robert John Rose (1981–1989), appointed Bishop of Grand Rapids
  3. Patrick R. Cooney (1989–2009)
  4. Bernard Hebda (2009–2013), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Newark and later Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
  5. Steven J. Raica (2014 – March 25, 2020),[2] appointed Bishop of Birmingham
  6. Jeffrey Walsh (2022-Present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

High schools

See also

References
  1. "About Our Diocese". Diocese of Gaylord. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  2. "Transition of Bishop Raica Information - Diocese of Gaylord". www.dioceseofgaylord.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.

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Coat of arms of Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord
Notes
Arms was designed and adopted when the diocese was erected
Adopted
1970
Escutcheon
The diocesan arms consists of the "argent" wavy bordure. The two "argent" six-point stars with a "chevronel" (a reduced-in-width form of the "chevron", one of the most ancient heraldic pieces) surmounting the "or" (golden) Cross.
Symbolism
The "argent" wavy bordure recalls that the Diocese is nearly surrounded by the two Great Lakes, Michigan and Huron, and the Straits of Mackinac. The two "argent" six-point stars are reminiscent of the stars that appear on the crest of the Carmelite Order, recalling that the Church of Gaylord is under the patronage of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The two stars also represent the Dioceses of Grand Rapids and Saginaw which yielded territories to establish the Gaylord diocese in 1971. The "chevronel" (a reduced-in-width form of the "chevron", one of the most ancient heraldic pieces) surmounting the "or" (golden) Cross, was chosen to symbolize the new presence of the Church of Our Lord in the City of Gaylord, the city highest in elevation in Michigan's lower peninsula; indeed, the "chevron," whose shape recalls the truss of a roof, has been adopted in heraldry since the time of the Middle Ages to symbolize the building where the population assembles; for Catholics this building is the Church.

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