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The Diocese of Crookston ( la, Diœcesis Crookstoniensis) is a
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ecclesiastical territory or
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of the
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that covers the northwest section of the state of
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in the
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. The Diocese of Crookston is a suffragan diocese in the
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of the metropolitan
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. The episcopal see for the diocese is
Crookston, Minnesota Crookston is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the county seat of Polk County. The population was 7,482 at the 2020 census. It is part of the " Grand Forks, ND- MN Metropolitan Statistical Area" or "Greater Grand Forks". Crookston ...
. The
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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 erected on December 31, 1909, by Pope Pius X with territory drawn from the Archdiocese of Saint Paul. __NOTOC__


Bishops

The list of bishops of the diocese and their terms of service: # Timothy J. Corbett (1910–38) # John Hubert Peschges (1938–44) #
Francis Joseph Schenk Francis Joseph Schenk (April 1, 1901 – October 28, 1969) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Crookston in Minnesota (1945–1960) and bishop of the Diocese of Duluth in Minnesota (1960â ...
(1945–60), appointed Bishop of Duluth # Lawrence Alexander Glenn (1960–70) # Kenneth Joseph Povish (1970–75), appointed Bishop of Lansing # Victor Hermann Balke (1976-2007) # Michael Joseph Hoeppner (2007–2021) # Andrew H. Cozzens (2021-)


Schools

* Sacred Heart High School, East Grand Forks


See also

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References


External links


Roman Catholic Diocese of Crookston Official Site
Crookston Diocese of Crookston Polk County, Minnesota Christian organizations established in 1909 Crookston Crookston {{US-RC-diocese-stub