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Diocese of

Salt Lake City

United States United States

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: San Francisco

Patron Saint: St. Mary Magdalene (July 22), Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)

Address: 27 C St., Salt Lake, UT 84103-2397, United States

Phone: +1 (801) 328-8641

Website: Link

History

  • 1887: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Utah (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco)
  • 1891.01.27: Promoted as Diocese of Salt Lake / Lacus Salsi (Latin)
  • 1931.03.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Reno
  • 1951.03.31: Renamed as Diocese of Salt Lake City / Civitatis Lacus Salsi (Latin)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Salt Lake City (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Charles Wester (59)Bishop John Charles Wester (59)
(2007.01.08 – ...)

Abide in Christ

Born:1950.11.05 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1976.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:1998.09.18

Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga (1998.06.30 – 2007.01.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (United States) (1998.06.30 – 2007.01.08)

Apostolic Administrator of San Francisco (United States) (2005.05.13 – 2005.12.15)

Bishop of Salt Lake City (United States) (2007.01.08 – ...)

Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer (74)Bishop George Hugh Niederauer (74) (later Archbishop)
(1994.11.03 – 2005.12.15)

To serve and to give

Born:1936.06.14 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1962.04.30
Consecrated Bishop:1995.01.25

Bishop of Salt Lake City (United States) (1994.11.03 – 2005.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (United States) (2005.12.15 – ...)

Bishop William Kenneth Weigand (73)Bishop William Kenneth Weigand (73)
(1980.09.09 – 1993.11.30)

Feed my lambs

Born:1937.05.23 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1963.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1980.11.17

Bishop of Salt Lake City (United States) (1980.09.09 – 1993.11.30)

Bishop of Sacramento (United States) (1993.11.30 – 2008.11.29)

Bishop Joseph Lennox Federal
(1960.03.31 – 1980.04.22)

Born:1910.01.13 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1934.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1951.04.11
Died:2000.08.31 († 90)

Auxiliary Bishop of Salt Lake City (United States) (1951.02.05 – 1958.05.01)

Titular Bishop of Appiaria (1951.02.05 – 1960.03.31)

Coadjutor Bishop of Salt Lake City (United States) (1958.05.01 – 1960.03.31)

Bishop of Salt Lake City (United States) (1960.03.31 – 1980.04.22)

Bishop Duane Garrison Hunt
(1951.03.31 – 1960.03.31)

Born:1884.09.19 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1920.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:1937.10.28
Died:1960.03.31 († 75)

Bishop of Salt Lake (United States) (1937.08.06 – 1951.03.31)

Bishop of Salt Lake City (United States) (1951.03.31 – 1960.03.31)

Bishops of Salt Lake (Roman Rite)

Bishop Duane Garrison Hunt
(1937.08.06 – 1951.03.31)

(see above)

Bishop James Edward Kearney
(1932.07.01 – 1937.07.31)

Born:1884.10.28 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1908.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1932.10.28
Died:1977.01.12 († 92)

Bishop of Salt Lake (United States) (1932.07.01 – 1937.07.31)

Bishop of Rochester (United States) (1937.07.31 – 1966.10.21)

Titular Bishop of Tabaicara (1966.10.21 – 1971.01.18)

Bishop John Joseph Mitty (later Archbishop)
(1926.06.21 – 1932.01.29)

Born:1884.01.20 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1906.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1926.09.08
Died:1961.10.15 († 77)

Bishop of Salt Lake (United States) (1926.06.21 – 1932.01.29)

Titular Archbishop of Aegina (1932.01.29 – 1935.03.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco (United States) (1932.01.29 – 1935.03.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco (United States) (1935.03.02 – 1961.10.15)

Bishop Joseph Sarsfield Glass, C.M.
(1915.06.01 – 1926.01.26)

Born:1874.03.13 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1897.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1915.08.24
Died:1926.01.26 († 51)

Bishop of Salt Lake (United States) (1915.06.01 – 1926.01.26)

Bishop Lawrence Scanlan
(1891.01.27 – 1915.05.10)

Born:1843.09.28 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1868.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:1887.06.29
Died:1915.05.10 († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Utah (United States) (1886.11.23 – 1891.01.27)

Bishop of Salt Lake (United States) (1891.01.27 – 1915.05.10)

Vicars Apostolic of Utah (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lawrence Scanlan
(1886.11.23 – 1891.01.27)

(see above)

Former Prelates


as of 2010.08.24

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