Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita

Diocese of Wichita Dioecesis Wichitensis
Location
Country	United States
Territory	25 counties in Southeast Kansas
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Kansas City in Kansas
Metropolitan	Wichita, Kansas
Population - Catholics	120,527
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	August 2, 1887
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Patron saint	Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Michael Owen Jackels Bishop of Wichita
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Fred Naumann Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas
Emeritus Bishops	Eugene John Gerber Bishop Emeritus of Wichita
Map
Website
cdowk.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita (Latin: Dioecesis Wichitensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Kansas. It was founded on August 2, 1887, and covers 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 counties in southeast Kansas. The diocese is home to 120,527 Catholics in 91 parishes.

Bishops of the diocese

• John Joseph Hennessy (1888–1920)
• Augustus John Schwertner (1921–1939)
• Christian Herman Winkelmann (1939–1946)
• Mark Kenny Carroll (1947–1967)
• Leo Christopher Byrne (1961–1967) Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Wichita
• David Monas Maloney (1967–1982)
• Eugene John Gerber (1982–2001)
• Thomas J. Olmsted (2001–2003)
• Michael Owen Jackels (2005—)

Notable people

• Emil Kapaun (1916–1951), Roman Catholic priest, Army chaplain, and candidate for canonization

High schools

• Bishop Carroll Catholic High School, Wichita
• Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, Wichita
• St. Mary's-Colgan High School, Pittsburg
• Trinity Catholic High School, Hutchinson

External links

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Diocese of Wichita.

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita Home Page

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