Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Anchorage–Juneau
Archdiocese of Anchorage–Juneau Archidiœcesis Ancoragiensis–Junellensis | |
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Coat of Arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Southern Alaska |
| Ecclesiastical province | Anchorage–Juneau |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 123,959 sq mi (321,050 km2) |
Population
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| Parishes | 32 |
| Schools | 8 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | September 17, 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Patron saint | Thérèse of Lisieux |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Andrew E. Bellisario |
| Bishops emeritus | Roger Lawrence Schwietz (Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage) |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| aoaj.org | |
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The Archdiocese of Anchorage–Juneau (Latin: Archidiœcesis Ancoragiensis–Junellensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, in southern Alaska in the United States. The archdiocese has a single suffragan diocese, the Diocese of Fairbanks.
The mother church cathedral of the archdiocese is Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral in Anchorage. The co-cathedral is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Juneau. As of 2023, the archbishop is Andrew E. Bellisario.
The Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau was erected in 2020 when Pope Francis merged the Archdiocese of Anchorage with the Diocese of Juneau.