The Congregation for Bishops has decreed that the Diocese of Winona will now be called the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, and that St. John the Evangelist Church of Rochester will be designated as a ...

ROCHESTER — The center of gravity of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester is shifting for the first time in its 133-year history, as Catholic church leaders announced that the diocese will move its ...

WINONA, Minn. (KTTC) – The Diocese of Winona-Rochester has confirmed the upcoming closure of two of its churches this summer.

The Winona-Rochester Diocese made a public statement celebrating the election of a Chicago-born bishop as leader of the Catholic Church. Fr. Will Thompson, vicar general of the Diocese of Winona ...

Two of Winona’s five Roman Catholic parishes will close this summer, the Diocese of Winona-Rochester recently announced. St.

The Diocese of Rochester is closing two Winona parishes in mid-July. Fr. Will Thompson, vicar general of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, confirmed that St. John Nepomucene and St. Casimir parishes ...

Matthew Willkom, communications director for the Diocese, said the decision is being made in cooperation with legal counsel representing the survivors of sexual abuse “Bishop (John) Quinn ...

A former pastor for the Diocese of Winona-Rochester is being investigated for allegedly defrauding parishioners out of nearly $72,000. Prince Amala Jesuraja Jebamalia Selvaraj, better known as the ...

Diocese of Winona-Rochester Bishop Robert Barron has announced plans to build a new pastoral center in Rochester. The project is being funded by an anonymous benefactor, said a Diocese press release.

The Most Rev. Robert E. Barron has been installed as the ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester. The installation took place at a special Installation Mass at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Co ...

One of those is the leader of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Bishop Robert Barron, who got to meet the pope on several occasions. Bishop Barron says Francis carried that care and compassion ...