Jefferson City Bishopric

Jefferson City Bishopric
Basic data
Country	United States
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Saint Louis
Diocesan bishop	Shawn McKnight
Emeritus diocesan bishop	John Raymond Gaydos
founding	1956
surface	57,287 km²
Parishes	95 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
Residents	900,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Catholics	93,800 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
proportion of	10.4%
Diocesan priest	102 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
Religious priest	8 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Catholics per priest	853
Permanent deacons	68 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
Friars	10 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Religious sisters	44 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	English
cathedral	Saint Joseph
Website	www.diojeffcity.org
Ecclesiastical province

The Diocese of Jefferson City ( lat. : Dioecesis Civitatis Jeffersoniensis ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Jefferson City .

history

The diocese was established on July 2, 1956 from different areas of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis and the Diocese of Saint Joseph .

The founding bishop , Joseph Mary Marling CPPS , began at the request of Peruvian fellow bishops in 1962 to send diocesan priests from his diocese to Peru as Fidei Donum priests , particularly in parishes in the diocese of Puno . At times 10% of the clergy of the Jefferson City diocese were missionaries in Peru.

Bishops

• Joseph Mary Marling CPPS (1956-1969)
• Michael Francis McAuliffe (1969–1997)
• John Raymond Gaydos (1997-2017)
• Shawn McKnight (since 2017)

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

• Entry for the Bishopric of Jefferson City on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Homepage of the Diocese of Jefferson City (English)
• Map of the diocese

Footnotes

1. ↑ History , accessed February 14, 2020.
2. ^ Three led the Jefferson City diocese before Bishop McKnight. In: Catholic Missourian , February 2, 2018, accessed February 14, 2020.

Cathedral : Saint Joseph in Jefferson City