Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana

Established by Pope Pius XII on October 21, 1944, the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana was carved from the Diocese of Fort Wayne and spans 25 counties across north-central and east-central Indiana — nearly 10,000 square miles of largely rural terrain. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Lafayette. Today the diocese counts about 61 parishes serving a Catholic population that has grown from 36,000 at founding to over 110,000.