Diocese of Salina
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kansas City |
| Diocesan bishop | Gerald Vincke |
| founding | 1887 |
| surface | 69,087 km² |
| Parishes | 84 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 340,175 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 41,327 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 12.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 50 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 617 |
| Permanent deacons | 16 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Friars | 17 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 129 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Website | salinadiocese.org |
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The Diocese of Salina ( Latin : Dioecesis Salinensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Kansas in the United States , with its seat in Salina .
history
Pope Leo XIII. founded the Diocese of Concordia on August 2, 1887 from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Leavenworth and made it subject to the Archdiocese of San Antonio as a suffragan diocese .
On July 1, 1897, the five counties of Washington, Clay, Riley, Geary and Dickinson were incorporated into the Leavenworth Diocese. On December 23, 1944, it took on its current name.
territory
The Diocese of Salina includes the Counties Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace, Logan, Thomas, Rawlins, Decatur, Sheridan, Gove, Trego, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rooks, Ellis, Russell, Osborne, Smith, Jewel, Mitchell, Lincoln, Saline, Ottawa, Cloud, Republic, Washington, Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley, and Marshall of Kansas State. In Concordia is the former cathedral Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church.
Ordinaries
Bishop of Concordia
- Richard Scannell (August 9, 1887– January 30, 1891, then Bishop of Omaha )
- John Francis Cunningham (May 14, 1898– June 23, 1919)
- Francis Joseph Tief (December 16, 1920– June 11, 1938)
- Francis Augustinus Thill (August 24, 1938– December 23, 1944)
Bishops of Salina
- Francis Augustinus Thill (December 23, 1944– May 21, 1957)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Freking (October 10, 1957– December 30, 1964, then Bishop of La Crosse )
- Cyril John Vogel (April 14, 1965– October 4, 1979)
- Daniel William Kucera OSB (March 5, 1980– December 20, 1983, then Archbishop of Dubuque )
- George Kinzie Fitzsimons (March 28, 1984– October 21, 2004)
- Paul Stagg Coakley (October 21, 2004– December 16, 2010, then Archbishop of Oklahoma City )
- Edward Joseph Weisenburger (February 6, 2012– October 3, 2017, then Bishop of Tucson )
- Gerald Vincke (since June 13, 2018)
See also
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of Salina on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Diocese of Salina on gcatholic.org (English)