- Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph
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Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph
Dioecesis Kansanopolitanae–Sancti JosephiLocation Country United States Territory Northern & Western Missouri Ecclesiastical province Archdiocese of Saint Louis Metropolitan Kansas City, Missouri Population
- Catholics
143,500 [1]Information Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Latin Rite Established July 2, 1956 Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Co-cathedral Cathedral of St. Joseph Patron saint Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Current leadership Pope Benedict XVI Bishop Robert William Finn
Bishop of Kansas City-St. JosephMetropolitan Archbishop Robert James Carlson
Archbishop of St LouisEmeritus Bishops Raymond James Boland
Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-St JosephMap Website diocese-kcsj.org The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the state of Missouri in the United States, erected on September 10, 1880, as the Diocese of Kansas City, with territories taken from the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Its first bishop was John Joseph Hogan. On July 2, 1956, the diocese incorporated the territory of the Diocese of Saint Joseph, giving the Diocese its current name; it now covers 15,429 square miles (39,960 km2) in northern and western Missouri.
The bishop is Robert William Finn, since May 2005.
List of bishops
- John Joseph Hogan (1880 - 1913)
- Thomas Francis Lillis (1913 - 1938)
- Edwin Vincent O'Hara (1939 - 1956)
- John Patrick Cody (1956 - 1961)
- Charles Herman Helmsing (1962 - 1977)
- John Joseph Sullivan (1977 - 1993)
- Raymond James Boland (1993 - 2005)
- Robert William Finn (2005 - present)
High schools
- Archbishop O'Hara High School, Kansas City
- Bishop LeBlond High School, St. Joseph
- Cristo Rey Kansas City High School, Kansas City
- Notre Dame de Sion, Kansas City
- Rockhurst High School, Kansas City
- St. Mary's High School, Independence
- Saint Pius X Catholic High School, Kansas City
- St. Teresa's Academy, Kansas City
References
- ^ "Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph". http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkcmo.html.
Categories:- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Saint Louis
- Religious organizations established in 1880
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century
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