page_title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw
hierarchical_section_title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw
caption_attribution_description: English: Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption, Saginaw, Michigan
context_page_description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw is a Roman Catholic diocese covering eleven counties in Michigan. It was founded on February 26, 1938; the first bishop was William Francis Murphy.
  As of 2013 the diocese of Saginaw had 113 priests, 19 permanent deacons, 122 religious, 18 pastoral administrator, 261 commissioned lay ministers, and 24 seminarians. There are 26 Catholic schools in the diocese with a total enrollment of 4,033 students in 3 high schools, 1 middle school, and 22 elementary schools. There are 101,000 Catholics in 56 parishes.
context_section_description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw (Latin: Dioecesis Saginavensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese covering eleven counties in Michigan.  It was founded on February 26, 1938; the first bishop was William Francis Murphy.
  As of 2013 the diocese of Saginaw had 113 priests, 19 permanent deacons, 122 religious, 18 pastoral administrator, 261 commissioned lay ministers, and 24 seminarians. There are 26 Catholic schools in the diocese with a total enrollment of 4,033 students in 3 high schools, 1 middle school, and 22 elementary schools. There are 101,000 Catholics (19.3% of the total population of 724,142) in 56 parishes.
caption: Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption
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