Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary

Diocese of Gary
Dioecesis Gariensis
Location
Country  United States
Territory The counties of Lake, LaPorte, Porter and Starke in Northwest Indiana
Ecclesiastical province Indianapolis
Metropolitan Charles C. Thompson
Statistics
Area 1,807 sq mi (4,680 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2006)
778,463
185,550 (23.8%)
Parishes 73
Churches 72
Schools 22
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established December 17, 1956 (61 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Holy Angels
Patron saint Guardian Angels
St. Matthias the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Donald J. Hying
Emeritus Bishops Dale Joseph Melczek
Map

Territory of the Diocese of Gary
Website
www.dcgary.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary (Latin: Dioecesis Gariensis) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America. It was founded on December 17, 1956, by Pope Pius XII.[1][2] It is one of four suffragan dioceses of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Its ecclesiastic territory includes Lake, Porter, LaPorte, and Starke counties in northwestern Indiana. The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary, Indiana.

Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary

History

During the first half of the 20th century, many Catholic immigrants came from Eastern Europe and Mexico to work in the region’s growing steel industry.[3] A number of parishes were founded near the steel mills so that the newly arrived immigrants could celebrate Mass in their native languages.

As of 2012, four parishes in the diocese still offer Mass in Polish, two parishes in Croatian, one in Hungarian, and one in Lithuanian. Fourteen parishes also offer Mass in Spanish. One location offers the Extraordinary Form of Mass.[4]

Diocese today

Serving the diocese are 105 priests, 67 permanent deacons, 10 religious brothers, and 85 religious sisters who are members of various religious institutes.[5] These priests, deacons and persons religious serve a Catholic population in northwest Indiana of 186,420[2] in 73 parishes and missions.[4][6]

The diocese also operates several educational, medical, and social service organizations. Educational institutions include 17 elementary schools, 3 high schools, 1 college, and a Catholic student center at Valparaiso University.[7] The diocese also supervises six hospitals or medical centers, three homes for the aged, three protective homes, three cemeteries, and Catholic Charities, Diocese of Gary.[6]

On November 24, 2014, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek and appointed Bishop Donald J. Hying, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Gary. Bishop Hying's installation took place on January 6, 2015, in Gary.[8]

Bishops

Bishops of Gary

  1. Andrew Gregory Grutka (1956-1984)
  2. Norbert Felix Gaughan (1984-1996)
  3. Dale Joseph Melczek (1996-2014)
  4. Donald J. Hying (2015-present)

Coadjutor Bishops

Education

The Superintendent of Catholic Schools is Dr. Joseph Majchrowicz, Ed.D.

Elementary schools

Parishes run the following elementary and middle schools within the diocese:

(Note: No school is in the city of Gary)

  • St. Patrick, Chesterton[9]
  • St. Mary Catholic Community School, Crown Point[10]
  • St. Stanislaus, East Chicago
  • St. Mary, Griffith[11]
  • St. Casimir, Hammond
  • St. John Bosco, Hammond[12]
  • Our Lady of Grace, Highland[13]
  • Aquinas School at St. Andrew's, Merrillville
  • Notre Dame, Michigan City[14]
  • Queen of All Saints, Michigan City[15]
  • St. Stanislaus Kostka, Michigan City
  • St. Thomas More, Munster[16]
  • Nativity of Our Savior, Portage[17]
  • St. John the Evangelist, St. John[18]
  • St. Michael, Schererville[19]
  • St. Paul Catholic, Valparaiso[20]
  • St. John the Baptist, Whiting[21]

Secondary schools

Operated by Diocese

Independent

Colleges

Extraordinary Form

As of August 2017, the only Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in the diocese is offered at the Carmelite Shrine in Munster on Saturday evenings. It was established on Saturday, August 25, 1990, at the recommendation of Bishop Norbert Gaughan. The Mass was featured in newspapers across the country when Summorum Pontificum was promulgated by Pope Benedict XVI.[26]

Previously, a Traditional Latin Mass was available at St. Stanislaus in Michigan City on Sundays, but this Mass was discontinued when the celebrant passed away.[27] St. Joseph the Worker in Gary had a monthly Mass that was a hybrid of the Extraordinary and Ordinary Forms.

In 2015, the NWI Latin Mass Community was founded by laity to support and promote the Extraordinary Form in the Gary Diocese, with the particular goals of offering Sunday morning and Holy Day Masses in the Extraordinary Form, as well as fostering parish life for those who are attached to the older form of the Mass.

On January 1, 2018, a Solemn High Mass was offered at the Cathedral of the Holy Angels by Bishop Joseph Perry, auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Catholic Diocese of Gary website, Bishop's Office - Brief History of the Diocese page, Retrieved 10 March 2012".
  2. 1 2 "Catholic Diocese of Gary website, Bishop's Office - Gary Diocese Statistical Data page, Retrieved 10 March 2012".
  3. ↑ Alicea, Marisa (June 1, 1994). "The Latino Immigration Experience: The Case of Mexicanos, Puertorriqueños, and Cubanos". In Padilla, Félix M. Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States: Sociology, Volume 3. Arte Publico Press. p. 38. ISBN 1558851011.
  4. 1 2 "Survey of individual parishes from the Catholic Diocese of Gary website, Parishes page, Retrieved 10 March 2012".
  5. ↑ "Catholic Diocese of Gary website, Clergy page, Retrieved 10 March 2012".
  6. 1 2 "Catholic Diocese of Gary website, Map of Diocese page, Retrieved 10 March 2012".
  7. ↑ "Catholic Diocese of Gary website, Catholic Schools page, Retrieved 10 March 2012".
  8. ↑ Donald Joseph Hying
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  13. ↑ Our Lady of Grace School
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  26. ↑ "Latin Mass Fills Pews at Munster Monastery". NWI Times. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  27. ↑ "Gary Diocese Latin Mass". NWI Latin Mass Community. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

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