Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph
Diocese of the Catholic Church / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
Not to be confused with Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.
The Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (Latin: Dioecesis Kansanopolitanae–Sancti Josephi) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northwestern Missouri in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Louis.
Quick Facts Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph Dioecesis Kansanopolitanae–Sancti Josephi, Location ...
Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph Dioecesis Kansanopolitanae–Sancti Josephi | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | 27 counties across Northern and Western Missouri |
Ecclesiastical province | St. Louis |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,429 km2 (5,957 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 1,513,005 137,900 (9.1%) |
Parishes | 87 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | September 10, 1880 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Kansas City) |
Co-cathedral | Cathedral of St. Joseph (St. Joseph) |
Patron saint | Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Joseph[1] (Primary) John Francis Regis (Secondary)[2] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | James Vann Johnston, Jr. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mitchell T. Rozanski |
Bishops emeritus | Robert Finn |
Map | |
Website | |
kcsjcatholic.org |
Close
The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City. Its co-cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Joseph in St. Joseph. As of 2023, the bishop is James Vann Johnston, Jr.