Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Saint Louis |
| Diocesan bishop | Edward Matthew Rice |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | John Joseph Leibrecht |
| founding | 1956 |
| surface | 66,586 km² |
| Parishes | 66 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,309,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 70,300 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 5.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 67 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 65 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 533 |
| Permanent deacons | 22 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Friars | 109 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 66 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Agnes |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of St. Mary of the Annunciation |
| Website | http://www.dioscg.org |
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The Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau ( lat . : Dioecesis Campifontis-Capitis Girardeauensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Missouri in the United States and has its seat in Springfield .
history
Pope Pius XII founded it on July 2, 1956 from cession of territory by the diocese of Saint Joseph and the archdiocese of Saint Louis , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
territory
The Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau includes the 39 counties Barry, Barton, Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Dunklin, Greene, Howell, Iron, Jasper, Laclede, Lawrence, Madison , McDonald, Mississippi, New Madrid, Newton, Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot, Polk, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, Stone, Taney, Texas, Wayne, Webster and Wright of the state of Missouri.
Bishops of Springfield-Cape Girardeau
- Charles Herman Helmsing (August 24, 1956– January 27, 1962, then Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph )
- Ignatius Jerome Strecker (April 11, 1962– September 10, 1969, then Archbishop of Kansas City, Kansas )
- William Wakefield Baum (February 18, 1970– March 5, 1973, then Archbishop of Washington )
- Bernard Francis Law (October 22, 1973– January 11, 1984, then Archbishop of Boston )
- John Joseph Leibrecht (October 20, 1984– January 24, 2008)
- James Vann Johnston (Jan 24, 2008– Sep 15, 2015, then Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph)
- Edward Matthew Rice , since April 26, 2016
See also
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau on gcatholic.org (English)
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