Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita












































































Diocese of Wichita
Dioecesis Wichitensis
Coat of Arms Diocese of Wichita, KS.svg
Location
Country United States
Territory 25 counties in Southeast Kansas
Ecclesiastical province Kansas City in Kansas
Metropolitan Joseph Fred Naumann
Statistics
Area 20,021 sq mi (51,850 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
979,000
120,527 (12.8%)
Parishes 90
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established August 2, 1887 (131 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Patron saint Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Carl A. Kemme
Emeritus Bishops Eugene John Gerber
Map
Diocese of Wichita (Kansas - USA).jpg
Website
cdowk.org



Exterior of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception




Interior of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita (Latin: Dioecesis Wichitensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Kansas. It covers Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Ellsworth, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Labette, Marion, McPherson, Montgomery, Morris, Neosho, Reno, Rice, Sedgwick, Sumner, Wilson, and Woodson counties in south central and southeast Kansas. The diocese is home to 120,527 Catholics in 91 parishes. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.




Logo of the Diocese of Wichita




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Bishops


    • 2.1 Bishops of Wichita


    • 2.2 Coadjutor Bishops


    • 2.3 Bishops who were once priests in the Diocese of Wichita




  • 3 Notable people


  • 4 Education


    • 4.1 High schools




  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History


The diocese was established on August 2, 1887 from territory taken from the Diocese of Leavenworth, now the Archdiocese of Kansas City, by Pope Leo XIII. It lost territory in 1951 when the Diocese of Dodge City was established.[1][2]



Bishops



Bishops of Wichita




  • John Joseph Hennessy (1888-1920)


  • Augustus John Schwertner (1921-1939)


  • Christian Herman Winkelmann (1939-1946)


  • Mark Kenny Carroll (1947-1967)


  • David Monas Maloney (1967-1982)


  • Eugene John Gerber (1982-2001)


  • Thomas J. Olmsted (2001-2003), appointed Bishop of Phoenix


  • Michael Owen Jackels (2005-2013), appointed Archbishop of Dubuque


  • Carl A. Kemme (2014-present)



Coadjutor Bishops



  • Leo Christopher Byrne (1961-1967), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis


Bishops who were once priests in the Diocese of Wichita




  • John Henry Tihen, appointed Bishop of Lincoln in 1933 and later Bishop of Denver in 1917


  • Ignatius Jerome Strecker, appointed Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau in 1962 and later Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas in 1969


  • Eugene John Gerber, appointed Bishop of Dodge City in 1976 and later Bishop of Wichita in 1982


  • Ronald Michael Gilmore, appointed Bishop of Dodge City in 1998


  • Paul Stagg Coakley, appointed Bishop of Salina in 2004 and later Archbishop of Oklahoma City in 2010


  • James Douglas Conley, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Denver in 2008 and later Bishop of Lincoln in 2012


  • John Balthasar Brungardt, appointed Bishop of Dodge City in 2010


  • Shawn McKnight, appointed Bishop of Jefferson City in 2018



Notable people



  • Emil Kapaun (1916–1951), Roman Catholic priest, Army chaplain, Medal of Honor recipient, and candidate for canonization


Education


The Wichita Diocese offers a tuition-free Catholic education to Catholic families, with only a registration fee required because the majority of registered parishioners tithe 8% to their respective church thereby covering the cost of tuition.[3]



High schools




  • Bishop Carroll Catholic High School, Wichita


  • Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, Wichita


  • St. Mary's-Colgan High School, Pittsburg


  • Trinity Catholic High School, Hutchinson



See also




  • Catholic Church by country

  • Catholic Church hierarchy

  • List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States



References





  1. ^ "Diocese of Wichita". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-05-01..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Diocese of Wichita". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2014-05-01.


  3. ^ Tim Drake (2012-08-21). "Catholic Education, Stewardship Thriving in Wichita". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 2014-05-01.




External links






  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita Official Site



Coordinates: 37°41′32″N 97°20′14″W / 37.69222°N 97.33722°W / 37.69222; -97.33722







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