Archbishop of Anchorage

Archdiocese of Anchorage Archidioecesis Ancoragiensis
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Southern Alaska
Ecclesiastical province	Anchorage
Statistics
Area	138,985 sq mi (359,970 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 460,000 33,800 (7.3%)
Parishes	33
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	January 22, 1966 (52 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Family
Co-cathedral	Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Joseph the Worker St. Therese of Lisieux
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paul D. Etienne
Emeritus Bishops	Roger Lawrence Schwietz, OMI
Map
Website
www.archdioceseofanchorage.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Anchorage (Latin: Archidioecesis Ancoragiensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northwestern United States, comprising several boroughs and census areas in the state of Alaska. The Archdiocese is led by a prelate archbishop who serves as pastor of the mother church, the Cathedral of the Holy Family in the Municipality of Anchorage.

The See of Anchorage was canonically erected on January 22, 1966 by Pope Paul VI. The archdiocese's territories came from the Diocese of Juneau. Anchorage's large population and burgeoning community development warranted the creation of a new archdiocese in the city as opposed to elevating the already existing Diocese of Juneau to that rank.

The Archdiocese hosted visits from Pope John Paul II multiple times, most notably in 1981 when he celebrated Mass on the Anchorage Park Strip before 50,000 people.

The list of archbishops and their years of service:

The Archdiocese of Anchorage publishes a monthly newspaper, Catholic Anchor, which has approximately 11,000 subscribers. It was established in April 1999.

The ecclesiastical province of Anchorage comprises the state of Alaska and includes these suffragan dioceses.

...
Wikipedia