Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo

Diocese of Fargo Dioecesis Fargensis
Location
Country	United States
Territory	30 counties in eastern North Dakota
Ecclesiastical province	Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Statistics
Area	35,786 sq mi (92,690 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 379,821 82,891 (21.8%)
Parishes	138
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	November 10, 1889 (128 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Mary
Patron saint	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	John Thomas Folda
Metropolitan Archbishop	Bernard Hebda Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Vicar General	Joseph Goering
Map
Website
www.fargodiocese.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo (Latin: Dioecesis Fargensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the American state of North Dakota.

Fargo is the episcopal see of the diocese. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The Cathedral parish of the diocese is the Cathedral of St. Mary.

History

The diocese was founded on November 10, 1889 by Pope Leo XIII as the Diocese of Jamestown. The name of the diocese was changed to the Diocese of Fargo on April 6, 1897, and the Diocese of Jamestown was made into a titular see.

It lost territory when the Diocese of Bismarck was established by Pope Pius X in 1909.^[1][2]

Bishops

Departments

St Mary's Cathedral, Fargo

The Diocese of Fargo operates a number of departments serving the various needs of the bishop and parishes. The departments include:

Shanley High School, Fargo

Parishes

A partial list of parishes of the Diocese of Fargo follows.

• Cathedral of St. Mary, Fargo
• St. Joseph's Chapel, Minto
• St. Michael's Church, Grand Forks
• St. James Basilica, Jamestown
• St. Stanislaus Church, Warsaw

Education

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo

Notes Arms was designed and adopted when the diocese was erected Adopted 1897 Escutcheon The arms of the diocese are composed of a blue field on which is placed a gold cross, that reaches to the four edges of the design. Upon the cross is a blue horseshoe and in the upper left of the diocesan arms (chief dexter) is a golden garb of wheat also known as a "wheatsheaf." Symbolism The entire design is rendered in blue and gold, the traditional colors of the Blessed Virgin Mary, titular of the Cathedral-Church in the See City which was named for W.G. Fargo who started the "pony express," symbolized by the horseshoe at the center of the design. In the upper left is a golden wheatsheaf, in heraldry known as a "garb," to signify the major crop of the State of North Dakota, and the material used to make "the Bread of Life," the most blessed Eucharist.

See also

Notes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo.

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo Official Site

Coordinates: 46°52′38″N 96°47′22″W / 46.87722°N 96.78944°W / 46.87722; -96.78944