Diocese of Pueblo Dioecesis Pueblensis | |
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![]() Cathedral of the Sacred Heart | |
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Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Territory | Southern half of Colorado |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Denver |
Population - Catholics | 110,200 (18.3%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | November 15, 1941 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart |
Patron saint | St. Therese of Lisieux[1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Stephen Jay Berg |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Samuel Joseph Aquila |
Bishops emeritus | Fernando Isern |
Map | |
Website | |
dioceseofpueblo.org |
The Diocese of Pueblo (Latin: Dioecesis Pueblensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in southern Colorado in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Denver.
The Diocese of Pueblo was created on November 15, 1941.[2][3] The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Pueblo is the seat of the diocese.