Diocese of Salt Lake City
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Diocese of Salt Lake City Dioecesis Civitatis Lacus Salsi |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | State of Utah |
| Metropolitan | San Francisco |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 84,990 sq mi (220,100 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 2,900,872 291,000 (10%) |
| Parishes | 48 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | January 27, 1891 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Madeleine |
| Patron saint |
St. Mary Magdalene St. Joseph |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Oscar A. Solis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Salvatore J. Cordileone |
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| Diocese of Salt Lake Site | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, officially, in Latin, Dioecesis Civitatis Lacus Salsi, is a Latin diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States.
Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City. On January 10, 2017, Pope Francis appointed the Most Reverend Oscar Azarcon Solis, up until then Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the 10th Bishop of this Roman Catholic Diocese.
Salt Lake City is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, along with the dioceses of Honolulu (Hawaii), Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa and . The Metropolitan is Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 291,000 Catholics (10.0% of 2,900,872 total) on 219,887 km² in 48 parishes with 69 priests (62 diocesan, 7 religious), 75 deacons, 43 lay religious (14 brothers, 29 sisters) and 7 seminarians.
It comprises the entire state of Utah. Also known as the Utah Catholic Church or the See of Salt Lake City.
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