Diocese of Sioux Falls
Diocese of Sioux Falls | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis |
Diocesan bishop | Donald Edward DeGrood |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Paul Joseph Swain |
founding | 1889 |
surface | 90,886 km² |
Parishes | 119 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 592.076 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 114,985 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 19.4% |
Diocesan priest | 106 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 13 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 966 |
Permanent deacons | 39 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Friars | 14 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 234 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | St. Joseph Cathedral |
Website | www.sfcatholic.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls ( lat. : Dioecesis Siouxormensis , Engl. : Diocese of Sioux Falls ) is one in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Sioux Falls , South Dakota .
history
The diocese of Sioux Falls was on August 12, 1879 by Pope Leo XIII. established from the cession of territory by the diocese of Saint Paul as the Apostolic Vicariate Dakota . The Vicariate Apostolic Dakota gave on November 10, 1889 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Jamestown .
On November 12, 1889, the Vicariate Apostolic Dakota by Leo XIII. raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese of Sioux Falls . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis as a suffragan . The Diocese of Sioux Falls gave up on August 4, 1902 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Lead .
territory
The Diocese of Sioux Falls includes the areas in the state of South Dakota that are east of the Missouri River .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Dakota
- Martin Marty OSB , 1879-1889
Bishops of Sioux Falls
- Martin Marty OSB, 1889–1895, then Bishop of Saint Cloud
- Thomas O'Gorman , 1896-1921
- Bernard Joseph Mahoney , 1922-1939
- William Otterwell Brady , 1939–1956, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul
- Lambert Anthony Hoch , 1956–1978
- Paul Vincent Dudley , 1978-1995
- Robert James Carlson , 1995-2004, then Bishop of Saginaw
- Paul Joseph Swain , 2006–2019
- Donald Edward DeGrood , since 2019
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Sioux Falls (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Sioux Falls on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)