Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas


The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America.
The Archdiocese comprises the following twenty-one counties of the US State of Kansas:
The archbishop's episcopal seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Kansas City, Kansas.

History

The archdiocese was originally established as the Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains on July 19, 1850 by Pope Pius IX. It was composed of the present day states of Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. It lost territory and its name was changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Kansas in 1857. The vicariate was elevated to the Diocese of Leavenworth by Pope Leo XIII on May 22, 1877. It lost territory in 1887 when the dioceses of Concordia and Wichita were created, and in 1897 when several counties were moved to Concordia. The name of the diocese was changed to the Diocese of Kansas City in Kansas on May 10, 1947 by Pope Pius XII. All of these jurisdictions were in the Ecclesiastical Province of Saint Louis.
The Diocese of Kansas City in Kansas was elevated to an archdiocese by Pius XII on August 9, 1952. The province encompasses the entire state of Kansas and has three suffragan sees, the dioceses of Dodge City, Salina and Wichita.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Vicar Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains

  1. John Baptiste Miège, S.J.

    Vicars Apostolic of Kansas

  2. John Baptiste Miège, S.J.
  3. Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B.

    Bishops of Lavenworth

  4. Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B.
  5. Thomas Francis Lillis, appointed Coadjutor Bishop and later Bishop of Kansas City in Missouri
  6. John Chamberlain Ward
  7. Francis Johannes
  8. Paul Clarence Schulte , appointed Archbishop of Indianapolis
  9. George Joseph Donnelly

    Bishops of Kansas City in Kansas

  10. George Joseph Donnelly
  11. Edward Joseph Hunkeler

    Archbishops of Kansas City in Kansas

  12. Edward Joseph Hunkeler
  13. Ignatius Jerome Strecker
  14. James Patrick Keleher
  15. Joseph Fred Naumann

    Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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