The Diocese of Gaylord ( la, Diœcesis Gaylordensis) is a

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of the

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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

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, Traverse City, Alpena, Manistee and Petoskey. The diocese covers approximately and has a population of 505,000, 66,000 of whom are Catholic. It contains 77 parishes and 17 schools. The Diocese of Gaylord is a

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in the

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of the

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Archdiocese of Detroit.

History

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created the Diocese of Gaylord December 19, 1970 from territory separated from the Dioceses of Saginaw and

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, and erected it on July 20, 1971. 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

# Edmund Casimir Szoka (1971–1981), appointed

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and later President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and President of the

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and

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(elevated to

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in 1988) #

Robert John Rose Robert John Rose (February 28, 1930 – March 2, 2022) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Rose served as bishop of the Diocese of Gaylord in Michigan from 1981 to 1989 and as bishop of the Diocese of Grand Rapids in Michigan ...

(1981–1989), appointed

Bishop of Grand Rapids The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids ( la, Dioecesis Grandcataractensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in western Michigan, in the United States. It comprises 80 parishes in 11 counties in West Michigan. It is a suffragan see to ...

# Patrick R. Cooney (1989–2009) #

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(2009–2013), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Newark and later Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis #

Steven J. Raica Steven John Raica (born November 8, 1952) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama since 2020. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Gaylord in Mich ...

(2014 – March 25, 2020), appointed Bishop of Birmingham # Jeffrey Walsh (2022-Present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Chad Zielinski Chad William Zielinski (born September 8, 1964) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who is the fifth bishop of the Diocese of New Ulm in the state of Minnesota. He previously served as Bishop of the Diocese of Fairbanks in Alaska ...

, appointed Bishop of Fairbanks in 2014

High schools

* Catholic Central High School, Manistee * St. Francis High School, Traverse City * St. Mary Cathedral High School, Gaylord * St. Mary High School, Lake Leelanau * St. Michael Academy, Petoskey

References

External links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord Official Site
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Christian organizations established in 1970

1970 establishments in Michigan