
stablished
in 1957, the Diocese of New Ulm is a community of 77 parishes and 4 oratories
serving 65,740 Catholics through-out 15 counties. Minnesota's most rural
diocese, home to a total population of 285,338, is an area serving some
9,863 square miles of Southwestern Minnesota prairie.
Minnesota native, The Most Reverend John M. LeVoir, was ordained and installed as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of New Ulm on Monday, September 15, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. at the New Ulm Civic Center in New Ulm. This is the first time in our 50 years of diocesan history that a bishop has been ordained in the Diocese of New Ulm.
Following applause from an estimated 2,300 people, Bishop LeVoir gave his concluding remarks and thanks at the end of his ordination and installation Mass.
(Read more about the ordination and installation of Bishop John M. LeVoir in the October 2008 issue of the Prairie Catholic.)
photo by Bill Moeller
Bishop John M. LeVoir
the 4th Bishop
of the Diocese of New Ulm
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New Ulm, MN 56073-2099
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