SALT LAKE, Diocese of. - Diocese and city in the State of Utah (U.S.A.). Suffragan of San Francisco.
Today it covers a territory of 84,900 sq. mi. with a total population (1950 census) of 686,830 inhabitants and a Catholic population of 26,165. Thirty-three diocesan priests and 23 religious (Paulists, Trappists, Franciscans, Dominicans, Benedictines) exercise the sacred ministry in the 29 parishes, 15 chapels and 9 missions. There are 6 female congregations with 175 nuns, and the diocese counts 19 seminarians. Among the institutions there are 1 college, 2 high schools, 1 orphanage and 2 hospitals. The diocese of S. L. was first erected as an apostolic vicariate on 23 Nov. 1886 for the entire State of Utah and an important part of Nevada; then elevated to a diocese on 27 Jan. 1891 and subsequently divided on 27 March 1931, when the Nevada section was incorporated into the diocese of Reno.
The history of the Catholic Church practically begins when the priest Scanlan settled in S. L. in 1873, the only priest in this territory.
Bibliography2 worksW. R. Harris, s. v. in Cath. Enc., XIII, pp. 404-405; The Official catholic directory, New York 1950, pp. 531-32.
BIBL.: W. R. Harris, s. v. in Cath. Enc., XIII, pp. 404-405; The Official catholic directory, New York 1950, pp. 531-32.
Carrière, Gastone. “Salt Lake, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1707. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/salt-lake-diocesi-di.
MLA
Carrière, Gastone. “Salt Lake, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1707. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/salt-lake-diocesi-di.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec10_salt_lake_diocesi_di,
author = {Carrière, Gastone},
title = {Salt Lake, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {X},
pages = {1707},
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/salt-lake-diocesi-di}
}
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