Rapid City Diocese
| Rapid City Diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis |
| Diocesan bishop | Peter Michael Muhich |
| founding | 1902 |
| surface | 111,327 km² |
| Parishes | 81 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 252,801 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 24,240 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 9.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 36 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 466 |
| Permanent deacons | 30 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 19 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 28 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
| Website | www.rapidcitydiocese.org |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City ( Latin Dioecesis Rapidopolitana , English Diocese of Rapid City ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese based in Rapid City , South Dakota .
history
The diocese Rapid City was on August 4, 1902 by Pope Leo XIII. Established from cession of territory by the Diocese of Sioux Falls as a diocese Lead and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis as a suffragan . On August 1, 1930, the Diocese of Lead was renamed the Diocese of Rapid City .
territory
The Diocese of Rapid City includes the areas in the state of South Dakota that are west of the Missouri River .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Lead
- John Stariha , 1902-1909
- Joseph Francis Busch , 1910–1915, then Bishop of Saint Cloud
- John Jeremiah Lawler , 1916-1930
Bishops of Rapid City
- John Jeremiah Lawler, 1930-1948
- William Tibertus McCarty CSsR , 1948-1969
- Harold Joseph Dimmerling , 1969–1987
- Charles Joseph Chaput OFMCap , 1988–1997, then Archbishop of Denver
- Bladder Joseph Cupich , 1998-2010, then Bishop of Spokane
- Robert Dwayne Gruss , 2011–2019, then Bishop of Saginaw
- Peter Michael Muhich since 2020
See also
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