Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior is in northern Wisconsin. It comprises the city of Superior and the counties of Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Taylor, Vilas, and Washburn in Wisconsin, with an area of 15,715 square miles. Its episcopal see is Superior, and the Cathedral of Christ the King in Superior is the mother church.
[edit] History
The diocese was established on May 3, 1905 by Pope Pius X. It was created from from the northern part of the Diocese of La Crosse and the northwestern part of the Diocese of Green Bay, with Augustine Francis Schinner as the first bishop.[1][2] It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
The following is a list of the Roman Catholic Bishops of the Diocese of Superior and their terms of service:
- Augustine Francis Schinner (1905–1913)
- Joseph Maria Koudelka (1913–1921)
- Joseph G. Pinten (1922–1926)
- Theodore M. Reverman (1926–1941)
- William Patrick O'Connor (1942–1946)
- Albert Gregory Meyer (1946–1953)
- Joseph John Annabring (1954–1959)
- George Albert Hammes (1960–1985)
- Raphael Michael Fliss (1985–2007)
- Peter F. Christensen (2007-present)
