Diocese of Wichita
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kansas City |
| Diocesan bishop | Carl Kemme |
| founding | 1887 |
| surface | 51,955 km² |
| Parishes | 90 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,008,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 128,700 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 12.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 116 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,100 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 1 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 248 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Website | http://www.cdowk.org/ |
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The Diocese of Wichita ( Latin Dioecesis Wichitensis , English Diocese of Wichita ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Kansas in the United States , with its seat in Wichita .
history
Pope Leo XIII. founded the Diocese of Wichita on August 2, 1887 from territory of the Diocese of Leavenworth . On May 19, 1951, it lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the Diocese of Dodge City .
territory
The diocese of Wichita includes the counties Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Labette, Marion, McPherson, Montgomery, Morris, Neosho, Reno, Rice, Sedgwick, Sumner, Wilson, and Woodson of Kansas State.
Bishops of Wichita
- John Joseph Hennessy (February 11, 1888 - July 13, 1920)
- Augustus John Schwertner (March 10, 1921 - October 2, 1939)
- Christian Hermann Winkelmann (December 27, 1939 - November 19, 1946)
- Mark Kenny Carroll (February 15, 1947 - September 27, 1967)
- David Monas Maloney (December 2, 1967 - July 16, 1982)
- Eugene John Gerber (November 17, 1982 - October 4, 2001)
- Thomas James Olmsted (October 4, 2001 - November 25, 2003, then Bishop of Phoenix )
- Michael Owen Jackels (January 28, 2005 - April 8, 2013, then Archbishop of Dubuque )
- Carl Allan Kemme (since February 20, 2014)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Wichita on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry about the diocese of Wichita on Giga-Catholic (English)
Cathedral : Immaculate Conception in Wichita