Diocese of Dodge City

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Diocese of Dodge City
Map of the Diocese of Dodge City
Basic data
Country United States
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Kansas City
Diocesan bishop John Balthasar Brungardt
Emeritus diocesan bishop Ronald Michael Gilmore
Stanley Girard Schlarman
founding 1951
surface 59,547 km²
Parishes 48 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 216,793 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 50,707 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 23.4%
Diocesan priest 31 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 5 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 1,409
Permanent deacons 7 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 5 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 63 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Website www.dcdiocese.org
Ecclesiastical province
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The Diocese of Dodge City ( Latin Dioecesis Dodgepolitana , English Diocese of Dodge City ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese based in Dodge City , Kansas .

history

The Diocese of Dodge City was on May 19, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. built from cession of the diocese of Wichita and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kansas City as a suffragan .

territory

The Diocese of Dodge City includes the state of Kansas lying areas Barber County , Barton County , Clark County , Comanche County , Edwards County , Finney County , Ford County , Grant County , Gray County , Greeley County , Hamilton County , Haskell County , Hodgeman County , Kearny County , Kiowa County , Lane County , Meade County , Morton County , Ness County , Pawnee County , Pratt County , Rush County , Scott County , Seward County , Stafford County , Stanton County , Stevens County, and Wichita County .

Bishops

See also

Web links

Cathedral : Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dodge City