Diocese of La Crosse
Diocese of La Crosse Dioecesis Crossensis | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Western Wisconsin (19 counties) |
| Ecclesiastical province | Milwaukee |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 15,078 sq mi (39,050 km2) |
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| Parishes | 160 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 3, 1868 (158 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman |
| Patron saint | St. Joseph the Workman (primary) St. Francis of Assisi (secondary) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Gerard William Battersby |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jeffrey S. Grob |
| Bishops emeritus | William P. Callahan |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| diolc.org | |
The Diocese of La Crosse (Latin: Dioecesis Crossensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in west-central Wisconsin in the United States. It is a suffragen diocese of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The mother church is the Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman in La Crosse.