Diocese of Juneau

The See of Juneau was erected on June 23, 1951, and took its territory from the former Apostolic Vicariate of Alaska. On October 3, 1951, Dermot O'Flanagan of Holy Family Church in Anchorage was installed as the first Bishop of Juneau and he served until 1968. While in office, Bishop O'Flanagan attended the Second Vatican Council. In 2007, the Juneau diocese became vacant when the previous bishop, Michael W. Warfel, was appointed bishop of Great Falls–Billings. On January 19, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI named Edward J. Burns, a priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, as Bishop of Juneau. He was installed on April 5, 2009. In December 2016, Pope Francis named Burns Bishop of Dallas. Pope Francis appointed Andrew E. Bellisario as bishop on July 11, 2017. He later became, concurrently, apostolic administrator of the Anchorage archdiocese. In 2020, these 2 jurisdictions were combined to form the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau, and he was appointed its archbishop. ==Bishops==

The list of bishops and their years of service: • Robert Dermot O'Flanagan (1951–1968) • Francis Thomas Hurley (1971–1976), appointed Archbishop of Anchorage • Michael Hughes Kenny (1979–1995) • Michael William Warfel (1996–2008), appointed Bishop of Great Falls-Billings • Edward James Burns (2009–2017), appointed Bishop of Dallas • Andrew Eugene Bellisario (2017–2020), appointed Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau Auxiliary bishop Francis Thomas Hurley (1970–1971), appointed Bishop of Juneau ==Priests==

As of 2019: • Patrick Travers (vicar general) • Pat Casey • Mike Galbraith • Steve Gallagher • Perry Kenaston • Edmund J. Penisten • Andrew Sensenig ==Parishes, missions and shrines==

, is the oldest Catholic parish in the state of Alaska. The original church stood from 1879-98 and was rebuilt in 1908. • Holy Family, Gustavus (Mission) • Sacred Heart, Haines • Sacred Heart, Hoonah • Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Juneau • St. Paul the Apostle, Juneau • National Shrine of St. Thérèse, Juneau • Catholic Community, Kake (Mission) • Holy Name, Ketchikan • St. John by the Sea, Klawock (Prince of Wales Island) • Holy Family, Metlakatla (Mission) • Body of Christ, Pelican (Mission) • St. Catherine of Siena, Petersburg • St. Gregory of Nazianzen, Sitka • St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Skagway • St. Francis Chapel, Tenakee Springs (Mission) • St. Rose of Lima, Wrangell • St. Ann, Yakutat ==Popular culture==

In the television series The Young Pope, directed by Paolo Sorrentino, the fictional Pope Pius XIII repeatedly assigned his enemies in the Curia to "Ketchikan, Alaska", to suffer its freezing weather and isolation. There is no such diocese, but it is a parish of the Diocese of Juneau. ==See also==