Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend

Fort Wayne-South Bend Dioecesis Wayne Castrensis-South Bendensis
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Northeastern Indiana, Michiana
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Indianapolis
Metropolitan	Fort Wayne and South Bend, Indiana
Population - Catholics	159,888
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	May 28, 1960
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne
Co-cathedral	Saint Matthew's Cathedral, South Bend
Patron saint	Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Kevin C. Rhoades
Metropolitan Archbishop	Daniel Mark Buechlein, OSB
Map
Website
diocesefwsb.org

The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend is a Roman Catholic diocese in north-central and northeastern Indiana. The Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades was appointed diocesan bishop by Pope Benedict XVI on November 14, 2009, and was installed on January 13, 2010. The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend encompasses 14 Indiana counties: Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Steuben, St. Joseph, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley. The diocese has a co-cathedral setup with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne as the primary cathedral and Saint Matthew's Cathedral in South Bend as the associate cathedral.

History

The diocese was erected as the Diocese of Fort Wayne (Dioecesis Wayne Castrensis) suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati on January 8, 1857 from territory earlier belonging to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vincennes. In 1944 it became suffragan to the newly elevated Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis. In 1944 and 1956 it lost territory to the newly formed dioceses of Lafayette and Gary, respectively. In 1960 its name was changed to the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend.

Bishops of Fort Wayne-South Bend

1. † John Henry Luers (1857–1871)
2. † Joseph Gregory Dwenger (1872–1893)
3. † Joseph Rademacher (1893–1900)
4. † Herman Joseph Alerding (1900–1925)
5. † John F. Noll (1925–1956) – Died July 31, 1956.
6. † Leo Aloysius Pursley (1956–1976) – Retired August 24, 1976; died November 15, 1998.
7. † William Edward McManus (1976–1985)
8. John Michael D'Arcy (1985–2009) – Retired.
9. Kevin Carl Rhoades (2009–present)

† = deceased

Auxiliary bishops

• † Leo Aloysius Pursley (1956–1976) – Appointed auxiliary bishop of Fort Wayne on July 22, 1950; ordained a bishop on September 19, 1950; appointed apostolic administrator of Fort Wayne on March 9, 1955; appointed bishop of Fort Wayne on December 29, 1956 (following the death of Bishop Noll); installed on February 26, 1957.^[1]
• Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C. – Appointed auxiliary bishop on October 21, 1997; ordained a bishop on December 16, 1997; appointed bishop of Peoria on February 12, 2002, and installed on April 10, 2002.

† = deceased

Schools

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Colleges & Universities

• Ancilla Domini College, Donaldson
• Holy Cross College, Notre Dame
• Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame
• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
• University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne

Note: Colleges and universities within the diocese are not affiliated with the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.

High Schools

• Bishop Dwenger High School, Fort Wayne
• Bishop Luers High School, Fort Wayne
• Marian High School, Mishawaka
• Saint Joseph's High School, South Bend

Grade Schools

• Christ the King, South Bend
• Corpus Christi, South Bend
• Holy Cross, South Bend
• Holy Family, South Bend
• Huntington Catholic, Huntington
• Most Precious Blood, Fort Wayne
• Our Lady of Hungary, South Bend
• Queen of Angels, Fort Wayne
• Queen of Peace, Mishawaka
• Sacred Heart, Warsaw
• Saint Adalbert, South Bend
• Saint Aloysius, Yoder
• Saint Anthony de Padua, South Bend
• Saint Bavo, Mishawaka
• Saint Bernard, Wabash
• Saint Charles Borromeo, Fort Wayne
• Saint John the Baptist, Fort Wayne
• Saint John the Baptist, New Haven
• Saint John the Baptist, South Bend
• Saint John the Evangelist, Goshen
• Saint Joseph, Garrett
• Saint Joseph, Mishawaka
• Saint Joseph, South Bend
• Saint Joseph (St. Mary of the Assumption), Decatur
• Saint Joseph (St. Rose of Lima), Monroeville
• Saint Joseph (Hessen Cassel), Fort Wayne
• Saint Joseph-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (St. Joseph, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton), Fort Wayne
• Saint Jude, Fort Wayne
• Saint Jude, South Bend
• Saint Louis (Besançon), New Haven
• Saint Mary of the Assumption, Avilla
• Saint Mary of the Assumption, South Bend
• Saint Matthew Cathedral School, South Bend
• Saint Michael, Plymouth
• Saint Monica, Mishawaka
• Saint Pius X, Granger
• Saint Therese, Fort Wayne
• Saint Thomas the Apostle, Elkhart
• Saint Vincent de Paul, Elkhart
• Saint Vincent de Paul, Fort Wayne

Catholic radio within the diocese

• WLYV "Reedeemer Radio" 1450 AM in Fort Wayne
• WRRO 88.9 FM in Edon, Ohio near the state line.
• WHLY "Holy Radio" 1580 AM in South Bend

Ecclesiastical Province of Indianapolis

See: List of the Catholic bishops of the United States#Province of Indianapolis

Footnotes

External links

• Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend
• Catholic Hierarchy dot Org

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