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![[Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/new-catholic-dictionary/cathedral-of-the-diocese-of-fort-wayne-south-bend-indiana.jpg "jpg photograph of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana; taken on 8 December 2007 by Tdfire; swiped off the Wikipedia web site")
Founded on 8 January 1857 at the Diocese of Fort Wayne, Indiana by Pope Blessed Pius IX. Name changed to the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend on 28 May 1960. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Indianapolis, Indiana. Notable bishops include
- Archbishop John Francis Noll
- Bishop Andrew Gregory Grutka
- Bishop Daniel Robert Jenky
- Bishop Herman Joseph Alerding
- Bishop John George Bennett
- Bishop John Henry Luers
- Bishop John Michael D’Arcy
- Bishop John Richard Sheets
- Bishop Joseph Gregory Dwenger
- Bishop Joseph Rademacher
- Bishop Joseph Robert Crowley
- Bishop Leo Aloysius Pursley
- Bishop William Edward McManus
See also