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• The
history of Saint Cloud
About the Diocese of
Saint Cloud, MN
The Roman Catholic
Diocese of St. Cloud encompasses 12,251 square miles in
sixteen central Minnesota counties, with an estimated 2000
total population of 500,000. The diocese stretches more than
175 miles from east to west, including some of Minnesota's
most rural areas along the North and South Dakota borders.
It also includes one of the nation's fastest growing
suburban corridors extending from Minneapolis northwest to
St. Cloud.
The Diocese of St. Cloud was canonically established in 1889
to serve the deeply religious nothern European immigrants,
who were homesteading the prairies, and the Native Americans
living in the region.
The diocese currently includes 137 parishes with a combined
Catholic population of 150,000. Sixty-nine of the diocese's
rural parishes share a pastor with one or two neighboring
parishes. Two priests serve one cluster of five
parishes.
Men and women of 16 different religious communities serve
the diocese in its mission.There are 137 diocesan priests
serving the Diocese of St. Cloud, of which 49 are retired.
There are currently 39 diocesan permanent deacons, 1
visiting permanent deacon and 2 transitional deacons serving
in the diocese. There are 137 diocesan priests serving the
Diocese of St. Cloud, of which 49 are retired. There are
currently 39 diocesan permanent deacons, 1 visiting
permanent deacon and 2 transitional deacons serving in the
diocese.
Within the Diocese of St. Cloud, Catholic education is
available in 32 elementary schools, four middle schools, two
high schools, St. John's University, The College of St.
Benedict, and St. John's School of
Theology.
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud provides a
variety of social services throughout central Minnesota. The
diocese also contains 22 Catholic sponsored hospitals,
nursing homes and assisted living residences.
Bishop John F. Kinney was appointed the ninth bishop of the
Diocese of St. Cloud on May 9, 1995. He was formally
installed on July 6, 1995.
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