About the Diocese of Cheyenne
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About the Diocese of CheyenneWyoming is known for its wide-open spaces and sparsely populated towns, and the People of God in the Diocese of Cheyenne are faith-filled and tightly-knit, bound together by a love of God, country, community, and a Western spirit unique to this special place. -
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The Diocese of Cheyenne was established August 2, 1887.
The principal patroness of the Diocese of Cheyenne is Our Lady of the Assumption - Feast Day, August 15
Secondary patrons are:
Saint Joseph, the spouse of Mary (Feast Day - March 19)
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (Feast Day - October 1)
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Board of Directorsdiocese of cheyenne
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Most Reverend Steven R. Biegler
President
Very Reverend Carl Gallinger, Vicar General
Vice President
Reverend Lucas Simango
Secretary
Dave Balling
Treasurer
Aaron Courtney
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Diocese of Cheyenne Deaneries
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Casper Deanery
Very Rev. Cliff JacobsonCasper - St. Anthony
Casper - Our Lady of Fatima
Casper - St. Patrick
Douglas - St. James
Glendo - Our Lady of Lourdes
Glenrock - St. LouisSheridan Deanery
Very Rev. Glenn Whewell
Buffalo - St. John the Baptist
Clearmont - St. Mary
Gillette - St. Matthew
Hulett - St. Matthew
Kaycee - St. Hubert
Moorcroft - St. Patrick
Newcastle - Corpus Christi
Ranchester - St. Edmund
Sheridan - Holy Name
Story - Our Lady of the Pines
Sundance - St. Paul
Upton - St. Anthony
Wright - Blessed Sacrament
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Cheyenne Deanery
Very Rev. Robert SpauldingAlbin - St. Joseph
Carpenter - St. Peter
Cheyenne - Cathedral of St. Mary
Cheyenne - St. Joseph
Cheyenne - Church of the Holy Trinity
Chugwater - Mary Queen of Heaven
Guernsey - St. Anthony
Laramie - St. Laurence O'Toole
Laramie - St. Paul's Newman Center
Lusk - St. Leo
Pine Bluffs - St. Paul
Torrington - St. Rose of Lima
Wheatland - St. PatrickThermopolis Deanery
Very Reverend Peter James Kamau
Clark - Our Lady of the Valley
Cody - St. Anthony
Dubois - Our Lady of the Woods
Ethete - St. Joseph
Ft. Washakie - Blessed Sacrament
Greybull - Sacred Heart
Hudson - Ascension
Kinnear - St. Edward
Lander - Holy Rosary Lovell - St. Joseph Meeteetse - St. Theresa Powell - St. Barbara Riverton - St. Margaret Shoshoni - St. Joseph St. Stephens - St. Stephens Mission Thermopolis - St. Francis Worland - St. Mary Magdalen Yellowstone National Park - St. Francis of Assisi
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Rock Springs Deanery
Very Reverend Louis SheaBaggs - Our Lady of the Sage
Big Piney - St. Anne
Eden - St. Christopher
Evanston - St. Mary Magdalen
Ft. Bridger - St. Helen
Grand Teton National Park - Chapel of the Sacred Heart
Green River - Immaculate Conception
Hanna - St. Joseph
Jackson - Our Lady of the Mountains
Kemmerer - St. Patrick
LaBarge - LaBarge Catholic Community
Pinedale - Our Lady of Peace
Rawlins - St. Joseph
Rock Springs - Holy Spirit Catholic Community
Saratoga - Church of St. Ann
Superior - St. Vivian
Thayne, Holy Family Mission Church
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Presbyteral Council 2026-2027diocese of cheyenne
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Most Reverend Steven R. Biegler
Very Reverend Carl Gallinger, Vicar General, Chair
Reverend Thomas Cronkleton, Juridical Vicar
Reverend Emilio Cabrera
Reverend Augustine Carrillo
Reverend Clark Lenz
Reverend Bryce Lungren
Reverend Hiep Nguyen
Reverend Jason Marco
Reverend Ray Rodriguez
Reverend Steven Titus
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The Beginnings of Wyoming Catholicism
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The Diocese of Cheyenne was established in 1887 and encompasses the entire state of Wyoming, including Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
The rich history of Catholicism in Wyoming began on July 5, 1840, when Father Pierre-Jean DeSmet said the first Catholic Mass near Horse Creek, at the Green River Rendezvous, in present-day Sublette County.
Photo at right: DeSmet Monument, near Daniel.
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In Old WyomingCatholic Extension: September 1966
William E. Barrett
In the late summer of 1947, four Denver priests were returning from a vacation in Wyoming. They took route 59 out of Gillette for Douglas, a road that runs 120 miles without a house or a filling station, its loneliness broken only once by the town of Bill, three houses and a gasoline pump at a crossroads.
After an hour and a half of this highway, during which they had seen only two other automobiles and no horsemen, one of the priests sighed. "What an empty country!" he said. "The bishop must have a heck of a time covering all this territory."
Thirty days later that priest was a Wyoming bishop: Coadjutor Bishop of Cheyenne. In another four years, he was Bishop of Cheyenne, with the entire state as his responsibility.
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