Throughout 2025, Mass was celebrated ad orientem (facing the East) in nine parishes in the Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota, under the terms of an instruction issued by Bishop Daniel Felton.
The National Catholic Register reported that “there is no word yet on what kind of guidance Bishop Felton will issue regarding Mass celebrated ad orientem in 2026.”
The diocese has 70 parishes, according to the 2025 edition of The Official Catholic Directory.