Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup
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The Diocese of Gallup (Latin: Dioecesis Gallupiensis, Spanish: Diócesis de Gallup) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe.
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Diocese of Gallup Dioecesis Gallupiensis Diócesis de Gallup | |
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Catholic | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
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Episcopal conference | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |
Ecclesiastical region | Region XIII |
Ecclesiastical province | Santa Fe |
Statistics | |
Area | 55,468 sq mi (143,660 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 470,000 60,000 (12.8%) |
Parishes | 56 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 16, 1939 (84 years ago) |
Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
Patron saint | Our Lady of Guadalupe[1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | James S. Wall |
Metropolitan Archbishop | John Charles Wester |
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Website | |
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The mother church of the Diocese of Gallup is the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Gallup, New Mexico.[2] As of 2023, the bishop of Gallup is James Sean Wall.