Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita is a Roman Catholic diocese
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 in Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

. 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
    John Joseph Hennessy
    John Joseph Hennessy was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Wichita, Kansas .-Biography:...

     (1888–1920)
  • Augustus John Schwertner
    Augustus John Schwertner
    Augustus John Schwertner was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wichita from 1921 until his death in 1939.-Biography:...

     (1921–1939)
  • Christian Herman Winkelmann
    Christian Herman Winkelmann
    Christian Herman Winkelmann was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wichita from 1940 to 1946.-Biography:...

     (1939–1946)
  • Mark Kenny Carroll
    Mark Kenny Carroll
    Mark Kenny Carroll was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wichita from 1947 to 1967.-Biography:...

     (1947–1967)
  • Leo Christopher Byrne
    Leo Christopher Byrne
    Leo Christopher Byrne was the Roman Catholic Coadjutor Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota....

     (1961–1967) Coadjutor Bishop
    Coadjutor bishop
    A coadjutor bishop is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese, almost as co-bishop of the diocese...

     of the Diocese of Wichita
  • David Monas Maloney
    David Monas Maloney
    David Monas Maloney was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wichita from 1967 to 1982.-Biography:...

     (1967–1982)
  • Eugene John Gerber
    Eugene John Gerber
    Eugene John Gerber is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Dodge City from 1976 to 1982, and Bishop of Wichita from 1982 to 2001.-Early life and education:...

     (1982–2001)
  • Thomas J. Olmsted
    Thomas J. Olmsted
    Thomas Olmsted is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the fourth and current Bishop of Phoenix, having previously served as Bishop of Wichita from 2001 to 2003.-Early life:...

     (2001–2003)
  • Michael Owen Jackels (2005—)

Notable people

  • Emil Kapaun
    Emil Kapaun
    Emil Joseph Kapaun was a Roman Catholic priest and United States Army chaplain who died in the Korean War. The Roman Catholic Church has declared him a Servant of God and he is a candidate for sainthood.-Early life:...

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

High schools

  • Bishop Carroll Catholic High School
    Bishop Carroll Catholic High School
    Bishop Carroll Catholic High School, sometimes called Carroll or BC, is a private high school located in Wichita, Kansas. Along with Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, it is one of two Catholic high schools in the city. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita. Bishop Carroll graduates...

    , Wichita
  • Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School
    Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School
    Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School, sometimes called Kapaun, is a private, four year, co-educational, secondary school operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita. The mission of the school is to form the total person in the image of Jesus Christ...

    , Wichita
  • St. Mary's-Colgan High School
    St. Mary's-Colgan High School
    St. Mary's Colgan High School is a parochial, Roman Catholic high school in Pittsburg, Kansas in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita. St. Mary's Colgan is under the direction of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Parish. The school serves students in grades K-12. The athletic teams at St...

    , Pittsburg
  • Trinity Catholic High School
    Trinity Catholic High School (Kansas)
    Trinity Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Hutchinson, Kansas. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita.-Athletics:...

    , Hutchinson

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