Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno

Diocese of Reno

Diœcesis Renensis
St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country United States
TerritoryCounties of Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, and Washoe
Ecclesiastical provinceLas Vegas
Statistics
Area70,852 sq mi (183,510 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
835,000
132,982 [1] (15.9%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedMarch 21, 1995[1]
CathedralCathedral of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Patron saintOur Lady of the Snow
Holy Family
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopDaniel Henry Mueggenborg
Metropolitan ArchbishopGeorge Leo Thomas
Bishops emeritusPhillip Francis Straling
Randolph Roque Calvo
Map
Website
renodiocese.org

The Diocese of Reno (Latin: Dioecesis Renensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the northern Nevada region of the United States. It is a suffragan diocese, formerly of the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco and, since May 30, 2023, of the Archdiocese of Las Vegas.[2]

The mother church of the Diocese of Reno is St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno. As of 2023, the current bishop of Reno is Daniel Mueggenborg.

  1. ^ a b "Catholic-Hierarchy.org". Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  2. ^ "Viva Arch Vegas! LV diocese elevated". The Pillar. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

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