Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona
Encyclopedia
The Diocese of Winona is the Roman Catholic
diocese which ministers to the people of southern Minnesota
. The diocese includes Blue Earth
, Cottonwood
, Dodge
, Faribault
, Fillmore
, Freeborn
, Houston
, Jackson
, Martin
, Mower
, Murray
, Nobles
, Olmsted
, Pipestone
, Rock
, Steele
, Wabasha
, Waseca
, Watonowan
, and Winona
Counties.
Pope Leo XIII
erected the Diocese on November 26, 1889. The episcopal see
is located in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
in Winona, Minnesota
. Its present Bishop
is John M. Quinn
. It is bordered to the north by the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
and the Diocese of New Ulm
.
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
diocese which ministers to the people of southern Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. The diocese includes Blue Earth
Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Blue Earth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 64,013. Its county seat is Mankato.Blue Earth County is part of the Mankato–North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, Cottonwood
Cottonwood County, Minnesota
Cottonwood County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 11,687. Its county seat is Windom.-History:...
, Dodge
Dodge County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 17,731 people, 6,420 households, and 4,853 families residing in the county. The population density was 40 people per square mile . There were 6,642 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...
, Faribault
Faribault County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,181 people, 6,652 households, and 4,476 families residing in the county. The population density was 23 people per square mile . There were 7,247 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile...
, Fillmore
Fillmore County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 21,122 people, 8,228 households, and 5,718 families residing in the county. The population density was 24 people per square mile . There were 8,908 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile...
, Freeborn
Freeborn County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 32,584 people, 13,356 households, and 9,015 families residing in the county. The population density was 46 people per square mile . There were 13,996 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...
, Houston
Houston County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 19,718 people, 7,633 households, and 5,411 families residing in the county. The population density was 35 people per square mile . There were 8,168 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...
, Jackson
Jackson County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 11,268 people, 4,556 households, and 3,116 families residing in the county. The population density was 16 people per square mile . There were 5,092 housing units at an average density of 7 per square mile...
, Martin
Martin County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 21,802 people, 9,067 households, and 6,047 families residing in the county. The population density was 31 people per square mile . There were 9,800 housing units at an average density of 14 per square mile...
, Mower
Mower County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 38,603 people, 15,582 households, and 10,315 families residing in the county. The population density was 54 people per square mile . There were 16,251 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile...
, Murray
Murray County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,165 people, 3,722 households, and 2,601 families residing in the county. The population density was 13 people per square mile . There were 4,357 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile...
, Nobles
Nobles County, Minnesota
Nobles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 21,378. Its county seat is Worthington.-Geography:...
, Olmsted
Olmsted County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 124,277 people, 47,807 households, and 32,317 families residing in the county. The population density was 190 people per square mile . There were 49,422 housing units at an average density of 76 per square mile...
, Pipestone
Pipestone County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,895 people, 4,069 households, and 2,726 families residing in the county. The population density was 21 people per square mile . There were 4,434 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile...
, Rock
Rock County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,721 people, 3,843 households, and 2,705 families residing in the county. The population density was 20 people per square mile . There were 4,137 housing units at an average density of 9 per square mile...
, Steele
Steele County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 33,680 people, 12,846 households, and 9,082 families residing in the county. The population density was 78 people per square mile . There were 13,306 housing units at an average density of 31 per square mile...
, Wabasha
Wabasha County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 21,610 people, 8,277 households, and 5,876 families residing in the county. The population density was 41 people per square mile . There were 9,066 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile...
, Waseca
Waseca County, Minnesota
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, Watonowan
Watonwan County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 11,876 people, 4,627 households, and 3,141 families residing in the county. The population density was 27 people per square mile . There were 5,036 housing units at an average density of 12 per square mile...
, and Winona
Winona County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 49,985 people, 18,744 households, and 11,696 families residing in the county. The population density was 80 people per square mile . There were 19,551 housing units at an average density of 31 per square mile...
Counties.
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII , born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903...
erected the Diocese on November 26, 1889. The episcopal see
Episcopal See
An episcopal see is, in the original sense, the official seat of a bishop. This seat, which is also referred to as the bishop's cathedra, is placed in the bishop's principal church, which is therefore called the bishop's cathedral...
is located in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Winona, Minnesota)
The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona. The cathedral is located in Winona, Minnesota on Minnesota State Highway 43 near downtown. The current rector of the cathedral is Fr. Richard Colletti....
in Winona, Minnesota
Winona, Minnesota
Winona is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, in the U.S. State of Minnesota. Located in picturesque bluff country on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf....
. Its present Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
is John M. Quinn
John M. Quinn
John Michael Quinn is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the eighth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona.-Biography:...
. It is bordered to the north by the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It is led by the prelature of an archbishop which administers the archdiocese from the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis...
and the Diocese of New Ulm
Roman Catholic Diocese of New Ulm
The Roman Catholic Diocese of New Ulm is a Roman Catholic diocese in Minnesota. It was founded on November 18, 1957, by Pope Pius XII. On July 14, 2008, John M. LeVoir was appointed as Bishop of New Ulm.The past bishops of the diocese are:...
.
Bishops of the Diocese of Winona
- Joseph Bernard CotterJoseph Bernard CotterJoseph Bernard Cotter was the first Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona, in Winona, Minnesota....
(1889–1909) - Patrick Richard HeffronPatrick Richard HeffronPatrick Richard Heffron was the second Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona, in Winona, Minnesota....
(1910–1927) - Francis Martin KellyFrancis Martin KellyFrancis Martin Kelly was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Winona from 1928 to 1949.-Biography:...
(1928–1949) - Edward Aloysius FitzgeraldEdward Aloysius FitzgeraldEdward Aloysius Fitzgerald was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Winona from 1949 to 1969.- Biography :...
(1949–1969) - Loras Joseph WattersLoras Joseph WattersLoras Joseph Watters was an American Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.-Archdiocese of Dubuque:Loras Joseph Watters was born in Dubuque, Iowa and ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Dubuque on June 7, 1941. He was appointed an auxiliary bishop of the Dubuque Archdiocese and Titular bishop of...
(1969–1986) - John George Vlazny (1987–1997)
- Bernard Joseph HarringtonBernard Joseph HarringtonBernard Joseph Harrington is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the seventh Bishop of Winona.-Biography:...
(1998–2009) - John M. QuinnJohn M. QuinnJohn Michael Quinn is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the eighth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona.-Biography:...
(2009 - )
Affiliated Bishops
- Robert Henry BromRobert Henry Brom-Early life:Brom was born in Arcadia, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin on September 18, 1938. He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona in Winona, Minnesota on December 18, 1963. On March 25, 1983, Brom was appointed the Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth...
, Bishop of the Duluth, Minnesota Diocese and later the San Diego, California Diocese - Frederick William Freking, ordained for the Winona Diocese, later became Bishop of the Salina, Kansas and La Crosse, Wisconsin Dioceses
- Michael Joseph HoeppnerMichael Joseph HoeppnerMichael Joseph Hoeppner is the current Bishop of Crookston, since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 28 September 2007. Bishop Hoeppner replaced Victor Hermann Balke one day before his 76th birthday, who previously had served as Bishop of Crookston for 31 years.Bishop Hoeppner is a native of...
, Bishop of the Crookston, Minnesota Diocese - John Hubert PeschgesJohn Hubert PeschgesJohn Hubert Peschges was the second Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Crookston in Crookston, Minnesota....
, Bishop of the Crookston, Minnesota Diocese - George Henry Speltz, auxiliary bishop of the Winona Diocese, later became Bishop of the Saint Cloud, Minnesota Diocese
High schools
- Cotter High School, Winona
- Lourdes High School, Rochester
- Loyola Catholic SchoolLoyola Catholic SchoolLoyola Catholic School , is located in Mankato, Minnesota. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona, the school has two campuses, the Fitzgerald Campus, housing grades four through eight, and the Good Council Campus, which houses grades K-3 and 9-12...
, Mankato - Pacelli High SchoolPacelli High School (Austin, Minnesota)Pacelli High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Austin, Minnesota. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona.-Mission statement:...
, Austin
Seminaries
- Immaculate Heart of Mary SeminaryImmaculate Heart of Mary Seminary (Winona, Minnesota)Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary is a Roman Catholic, Diocesan-sponsored college seminary in Winona, Minnesota. Located adjacent to the campus of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, IHM Seminary has provided college-level seminary training since 1948...
, Winona