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The Diocese of Rockford (Latin: Diœcesis Rockfordiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in Northern Illinois in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago. The mother church of the Diocese of Rockford is the Cathedral of Saint Peter in the City of ...
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
St. James on North Second Street in Rockford had been the pro-cathedral of the diocese from its foundation in 1908. Bishop Lane planned to construct a large pyramid-shaped cathedral, but his untimely death and the high projected construction costs doomed the project. [3]
— Diocese of Rockford Bishop David Malloy "Jill and I were horrified to learn of the brutal attack carried out in Rockford last night, which took the lives of four people, including one 15-year-old.
The following are parishes of the Roman Catholic Church located within the territory of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford, which is headquartered in Rockford, Illinois. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Pages in category "Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
David J. Malloy (born February 3, 1956) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as the bishop of the Diocese of Rockford in Illinois since 2012. Biography [ edit ]
Thomas George Doran (February 20, 1936 – September 1, 2016) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Rockford in Illinois from 1994 to 2012.