Archdiocese of Kansas City
| Archdiocese of Kansas City | |
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| Country | Kansas , USA |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Fred Naumann |
| Vicar General | Charles McGlinn Thomas Tank |
| founding | 1877 |
| surface | 32,437 km² |
| Parishes | 105 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,357,512 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 219,236 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 16.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 121 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 58 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,225 |
| Permanent deacons | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 77 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 435 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Peter |
| address | 12615 Parallel Parkway Kansas City, KS 66109 USA |
| Website | archkck.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Dodge City Salina Wichita |
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The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas ( Latin Archidioecesis Kansanopolitana in Kansas , English Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Kansas City , Kansas , USA .
history
The archbishopric was on July 19, 1850 by Pope Pius IX. initially founded as the Apostolic Vicariate of the Indian Territories east of the Rocky Mountains ("Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains") from parts of the Archdiocese of New Orleans ; it included areas in what is now the states of Kansas, Nebraska , North Dakota , South Dakota , Colorado , Wyoming, and Montana . First Vicar Apostolic was the Jesuit John Baptiste Miège, born in the Duchy of Savoy . In 1857 it became the Apostolic Vicariate of Kansas , which in 1877 became part of the Leavenworth diocese , the first bishop of which was the Benedictine Louis Mary Fink , who was born in the Kingdom of Bavaria . On May 10, 1947, Pope Pius XII was named. further as titular diocese to diocese used Leavenworth to the diocese of Kansas City in Kansas; first bishop was George Joseph Donnelly . On August 9, 1952, the elevation to the archbishopric took place .
Today's archdiocese includes the following 21 counties of the US state of Kansas: Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Lyon, Marshall, Miami, Nemaha, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee , Wabaunsee and Wyandotte.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic
- John Baptiste Miège SJ (1850–1874), resignation 1874
- Louis Mary Fink OSB (1874–1877), coadjutor from 1871 to 1874
Bishops of Leavenworth
- Louis Mary Fink (1877–1904), died in office
- Thomas Francis Lillis (1904–1910), recalled as Coadjutor of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph in 1910
- Vacancy 1910–1911, eleven months
- John Chamberlain Ward (1911–1929), died in office
- Francis Johannes (1929–1937), coadjutor from 1927 to 1929, died in office
- Paul Clarence Schulte (1937–1946), recalled Archbishop of Indianapolis in 1946
- George Joseph Donnelly (1946–1947)
Bishops of Kansas City
- George Joseph Donnelly (1947–1950), died in office
- Edward Joseph Hunkeler (1951–1952)
Archbishops of Kansas City
- Edward Joseph Hunkeler (1952–1969), resignation 1969
- Ignatius Jerome Strecker (1969–1993), resignation 1993
- James Patrick Keleher (1993–2005), resignation 2005
- Joseph Fred Naumann (since 2005)
See also
literature
- Todd Habiger: The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas , Ed. du Signe 2000, ISBN 978-2746800311 (French)
Web links
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Kansas City on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Website of the Archdiocese of Kansas City (English)
- Kansas City Archdiocese website; Schools (english)