The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas (Latin: Archidioecesis Kansanopolitana in Kansas) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America.
The Archdiocese comprises the following twenty-one counties of the US State of Kansas:
The archbishop's episcopal seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Kansas City, Kansas.
The Archdiocese has a growing population of Hispanic Catholics. Currently, over half of all Catholics in the Archdiocese reside in Johnson County, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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History
The archdiocese was originally established as the Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains on July 19, 1850 by Pope Pius IX. It was composed of the present day states of Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. It lost territory and its name was changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Kansas in 1857. The vicariate was elevated to the Diocese of Leavenworth by Pope Leo XIII on May 22, 1877. It lost territory in 1887 when the dioceses of Concordia and Wichita were created, and in 1897 when several counties were moved to Concordia. The name of the diocese was changed to the Diocese of Kansas City in Kansas on May 10, 1947 by Pope Pius XII. All of these jurisdictions were in the Ecclesiastical Province of Saint Louis.
The Diocese of Kansas City in Kansas was elevated to an archdiocese by Pius XII on August 9, 1952. The province encompasses the entire state of Kansas and has three suffragan sees, the dioceses of Dodge City, Salina (formerly Concordia) and Wichita.
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Bishops
Vicars Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains
- John Baptiste Miège, S.J. (1850-1857)
Vicars Apostolic of Kansas
- John Baptiste Miège, S.J. (1857-1874)
- Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B. (1874-1877)
Bishops of Leavenworth
- Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B. (1877-1904)
- Thomas Francis Lillis (1904-1910), appointed Coadjutor Bishop and later Bishop of Kansas City in Missouri
- John Chamberlain Ward (1910-1929)
- Francis Johannes (1929-1937)
- Paul Clarence Schulte (1937-1946), appointed Archbishop of Indianapolis
- George Joseph Donnelly (1946-1947)
Bishops of Kansas City in Kansas
- George Joseph Donnelly (1957-1950)
- Edward Joseph Hunkeler (1951-1952)
Archbishops of Kansas City in Kansas
- Edward Joseph Hunkeler (1952-1969)
- Ignatius Jerome Strecker (1969-1993)
- James Patrick Keleher (1993-2005)
- Joseph Fred Naumann (2005-present)
Other priest of this diocese who became a bishop
- John Francis Cunningham, appointed Bishop of Concordia in 1898
High schools
- Bishop Miege High School, Roeland Park
- Bishop Ward High School, Kansas City
- Hayden High School, Topeka
- Immaculata High School, Leavenworth - Closed 2017
- Maur Hill - Mount Academy*, Atchison
- St. James Academy, Lenexa
- St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Overland Park
* Primary sponsorship comes from Saint Benedict's Abbey and Mount St. Scholastica Monastery.
See also
- Catholic Church by country
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
References
External links
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Official Site
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