Diocese of Gary

Diocese of Gary Dioecesis Gariensis
Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary
Location
Country	United States
Territory	The counties of Lake, LaPorte, Porter and Starke in Northwest Indiana
Ecclesiastical province	Indianapolis
Metropolitan	Charles C. Thompson
Statistics
Area	1,807 sq mi (4,680 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 778,463 185,550 (23.8%)
Parishes	73
Churches	72
Schools	22
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	December 17, 1956 (61 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Angels
Patron saint	Guardian Angels St. Matthias the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Donald J. Hying
Emeritus Bishops	Dale Joseph Melczek
Map
Territory of the Diocese of Gary
Website
www.dcgary.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary (Latin: Dioecesis Gariensis) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America. It was founded on December 17, 1956, by Pope Pius XII. It is one of four suffragan dioceses of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Its ecclesiastic territory includes Lake, Porter, LaPorte, and Starke counties in northwestern Indiana. The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary, Indiana.

During the first half of the 20th century, many Catholic immigrants came from Eastern Europe and Mexico to work in the region’s growing steel industry. A number of parishes were founded near the steel mills so that the newly arrived immigrants could celebrate Mass in their native languages.

As of 2012, four parishes in the diocese still offer Mass in Polish, two parishes in Croatian, one in Hungarian, and one in Lithuanian. Fourteen parishes also offer Mass in Spanish. One location offers the Extraordinary Form of Mass.

Serving the diocese are 105 priests, 67 permanent deacons, 10 religious brothers, and 85 religious sisters who are members of various religious institutes. These priests, deacons and persons religious serve a Catholic population in northwest Indiana of 186,420 in 73 parishes and missions.