Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph

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Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph Dioecesis Kansanopolitanae–Sancti Josephi
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Northern & Western Missouri
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Saint Louis
Metropolitan	Kansas City, Missouri
Population - Catholics	143,500 [1]
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	July 2, 1956
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Co-cathedral	Cathedral of St. Joseph
Patron saint	Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Robert William Finn Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph
Metropolitan Archbishop	Robert James Carlson Archbishop of St Louis
Emeritus Bishops	Raymond James Boland Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-St Joseph
Map
Website
diocese-kcsj.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the state of Missouri in the United States, erected on September 10, 1880, as the Diocese of Kansas City, with territories taken from the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Its first bishop was John Joseph Hogan. On July 2, 1956, the diocese incorporated the territory of the Diocese of Saint Joseph, giving the Diocese its current name; it now covers 15,429 square miles (39,960 km²) in northern and western Missouri.

The bishop is Robert William Finn, since May 2005.

List of bishops

• John Joseph Hogan (1880 - 1913)
• Thomas Francis Lillis (1913 - 1938)
• Edwin Vincent O'Hara (1939 - 1956)
• John Patrick Cody (1956 - 1961)
• Charles Herman Helmsing (1962 - 1977)
• John Joseph Sullivan (1977 - 1993)
• Raymond James Boland (1993 - 2005)
• Robert William Finn (2005 - present)

High schools

• Archbishop O'Hara High School, Kansas City
• Bishop LeBlond High School, St. Joseph
• Cristo Rey Kansas City High School, Kansas City
• Notre Dame de Sion, Kansas City
• Rockhurst High School, Kansas City
• St. Mary's High School, Independence
• Saint Pius X Catholic High School, Kansas City
• St. Teresa's Academy, Kansas City

References

1. ^ "Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph". http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkcmo.html. 

Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph Website

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City

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