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Archdiocese of Denver Archidiœcesis Denveriensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Northern Colorado |
Ecclesiastical province | Denver |
Population - Catholics | 550,000 (17.1%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | August 16, 1887 |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception |
Patron saint | Immaculate Conception St. Francis of Assisi |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Samuel Joseph Aquila |
Auxiliary Bishops | Jorge Rodríguez-Novelo |
Vicar General | Randy Dollins |
Bishops emeritus | James Stafford |
Map | |
Website | |
archden.org |
The Archdiocese of Denver (Latin: Archidiœcesis Denveriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northern Colorado in the United States.
It is part of the XIII Conference Region and includes 113 parishes, 307 priests, and an estimated 550,000 lay Catholics. The mother church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver. As of 2023, the archbishop of Denver is Samuel Aquila.