The Diocese of Gaylord () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Northern Michigan region of the United States. It comprises the twenty-one most northern counties of the lower peninsula of the state, and includes the cities of Gaylord, Traverse City, Alpena, Manistee and Petoskey. The diocese covers approximately and has a population of 505,000, 66,000 of whom are Catholic. It contains 77 parishes and 17 schools. The Diocese of Gaylord is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit. History Pope Paul VI created the Diocese of Gaylord December 19, 1970 from territory separated from the Dioceses of Saginaw and Grand Rapids, and erected it on July 20, 1971. He named Edmund Szoka as first bishop and the church of St. Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral (Gaylord, Michigan) as the cathedral. Bishops Bishops of Gaylord Edmund Casimir Szoka (1971–1981), appointed Archbishop of Detroit and later President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and Governorate of Vatican City State (elevated to Cardinal in 1988) Robert John Rose (1981–1989), appointed Bishop of Grand Rapids Patrick R. Cooney (1989–2009) Bernard Hebda (2009–2013), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Newark and later Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Steven J. Raica (2014 – March 25, 2020), appointed Bishop of Birmingham Jeffrey Walsh (2022-Present) Other priest of this diocese who became bishop Chad Zielinski, appointed Bishop of Fairbanks in 2014 High schools Catholic Central High School, Manistee St. Francis High School, Traverse City St. Mary Cathedral High School, Gaylord St. Mary High School, Lake Leelanau St. Michael Academy, Petoskey See also Catholic Church by country Catholic Church hierarchy List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States References * 1. External links Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord Official Site Gaylord Gaylord Christian organizations established in 1970 Gaylord 1970 establishments in Michigan