Archdiocese of Milwaukee Archidioecesis Milvauchiensis |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | The City of Milwaukee and the counties of Dodge, Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha in the state of Wisconsin |
Ecclesiastical province | Milwaukee |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,758 sq mi (12,320 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 2,369,000 673,000 (28.4%) |
Parishes | 204 |
Schools | 111 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | November 28, 1843 (173 years ago) Elevated to Archdiocese on February 12, 1875 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist |
Patron saint | St. John the Evangelist |
Secular priests | 334 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Jerome Edward Listecki |
Emeritus Bishops |
Rembert George Weakland, O.S.B., Archbishop-Emeritus Richard J. Sklba, Auxiliary Bishop-Emeritus |
Map | |
Website | |
www.archmil.org |
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee (Latin: Archidioecesis Milvauchiensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the United States. It encompasses the City of Milwaukee, as well as the counties of Dodge, Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha, all located in Wisconsin. The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Milwaukee, which includes the suffragan dioceses of Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, and Superior. As of 2016[update], Jerome Edward Listecki is the Archbishop of Milwaukee.