Diocese of Salt Lake City, Utah

Established 1891

The Diocese of Salt Lake, whose first bishop was Lawrence Scanlon, originally encompassed all of Utah and half of Nevada. The bishop's seat is the Cathedral of the Madeleine.


Links

Diocese of Salt Lake City history * Catholic Encyclopedia

Book

B.M. Mooney, Salt of the earth: The history of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, 1776-1987