Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph
Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph
Dioecesis Kansanopolitanae–Sancti Josephi
Location
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. Joseph
Metropolitan Archbishop Robert James Carlson
Archbishop of St Louis
Emeritus Bishops Raymond James Boland
Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-St Joseph
Map
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

High schools

References

  1. ^ "Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph". http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkcmo.html. 
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City



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