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The bishop of Orlando is also bishop of the moon, due to a canon law that says "any newly discovered territory would fall under the bishopric from whence the discovering expedition departed." His is therefore the largest Catholic diocese, at over 14,000,000 square miles.

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In 1977 Billy Joel's poorly-performing single "Only the Good Die Young" was banned by WSOU-FM, affiliated with Seton Hall University, for its supposed anti-Catholic themes. Other dioceses then started putting pressure on local stations to ban it. As a result of the controversy, sales skyrocketed

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1. That, due to Catholic doctrine that discovered territory be placed under the diocese from which the explorers departed, the Diocese of Orlando technically includes the entire Moon.

2. Muskrats are considered legally fish by the Catholic diocese of southeast Michigan, allowing them to be eaten on Fridays during Lent. When asked about the ruling the local bishop wrote that "anyone who could eat muskrat was doing penance worthy of the greatest of the saints."

3. The basic administrative unit of the Catholic Church, the diocese, is due to the Roman Emperor Diocletian, who is best known for persecuting Christians

4. The Roman Catholic Diocese in Rochester NY is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to stall and prevent any pending and future lawsuits for the child sex abuse cases. 55,000,000 million in assets yet filing due to 100k in debt? Something's fishy here.

5. 85% of Roman Catholic dioceses had discovered embezzlement of church money in the last 5 yrs. 11% reporting >$500k stolen

6. The quaint Michigan town of Gaylord. Home to the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord. God Bless.