ROCKFORD, Diocese of. - Diocese and city in the State of Illinois (U.S.A.)
The area of the diocese, a suffragan of Chicago, is 6,475 square miles with a total population (1950 census) of 610,424 inhabitants, of whom 79,102 are today (1951) Catholics; 226 priests, of whom 77 are religious (Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, Conventuals, Premonstratensians, Augustinians, Benedictines, Servites), exercise the sacred ministry in 89 parishes, 18 chapels and 12 missions. There are furthermore 25 female congregations with 616 nuns, 37 seminarians, 3 scholasticates, 8 hospitals and 1 orphanage.
The diocese of R. was erected by Pius X on Sept. 27, 1908 for the northwestern part of the State of Illinois. Detached from Chicago, the diocese is largely populated by people of German and Irish origin. The first bishop was Msgr. Peter James Muldoon, auxiliary of Chicago, who took possession of his see on Dec. 15, 1908. The early history of the diocese is indistinguishable from that of Chicago (v.).
Bibliography3 worksCath. Enc., XIII, p. 105; AAS, 1 (1909), pp. 201-202; The Official catholic directory, 1950, New York 1950, pp. 506-509.
BIBL.: Cath. Enc., XIII, p. 105; AAS, 1 (1909), pp. 201-202; The Official catholic directory, 1950, New York 1950, pp. 506-509.
Carrière, Gastone. “Rockford, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, coll. 1060–1061. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/rockford-diocesi-di.
MLA
Carrière, Gastone. “Rockford, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 1060–1061. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/rockford-diocesi-di.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec10_rockford_diocesi_di,
author = {Carrière, Gastone},
title = {Rockford, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {X},
pages = {1060--1061},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/rockford-diocesi-di}
}
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