Diocese of Fairbanks
Diocese of Fairbanks Dioecesis de Fairbanks | |
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Sacred Heart Cathedral | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Northern Alaska |
| Ecclesiastical province | Anchorage-Juneau |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 409,849 sq mi (1,061,500 km2) |
Population
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| Parishes | 46 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | August 8, 1962 |
| Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Therese of Lisieux |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Steven Maekawa, O.P. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Andrew E. Bellisario |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| dioceseoffairbanks.org | |
The Diocese of Fairbanks (Latin: Dioecesis de Fairbanks) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the northern part of the state of Alaska and geographically the largest diocese in the United States. The mother church is the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Fairbanks. The bishop is Steven Maekawa.