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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (Latin: Archidioecesis Pauloplitana et Minneapolitana) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It is led by the prelature of an archbishop which administers the archdiocese from the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The archbishop is concurrently pastor of the mother church, the Cathedral of Saint Paul in the city of Saint Paul, and its co-cathedral, the Basilica of Saint Mary in the city of Minneapolis. Its official newspaper is The Catholic Spirit.
The archdiocese has 222 parish churches in twelve counties of [[Minnesota]]. It counts in its membership an approximate total of 750,000 people. It has two seminaries, the [[Saint Paul]] Seminary School of Divinity and Saint John Vianney College Seminary.