Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City (Latin: Dioecesis Dodgepolis) is a Roman Catholic diocese covering twenty-eight counties in Kansas. Pope Pius XII created the diocese on May 19, 1951.

Diocese of Dodge City

Dioecesis Dodgepolis
Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Location
Country United States
Territory28 counties in Southwest Kansas
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Kansas City in Kansas
Population
- Catholics
60,554 (27.2%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedMay 19, 1951
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Patron saintOur Lady of Guadalupe
St. John the Baptist
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJohn Balthasar Brungardt
Bishop of Dodge City
Metropolitan ArchbishopJoseph Fred Naumann
Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas
Bishops emeritusRonald Michael Gilmore
Stanley Girard Schlarman
Map
Website
dcdiocese.org

John B. Brungardt was appointed Bishop of Dodge City in December 2010.

History

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City encompasses 23,000-square-miles, and 50 parishes in 28 counties. It was established in 1951 from parts of the Diocese of Wichita, the Diocese of Leavenworth, and the Vicariate Apostolic of the Indian Territory established July 19, 1850.[1]

At that time, Sacred Heart Church became the diocesan cathedral. A new cathedral, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe was consecrated on December 9, 2001. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patroness of the diocese.[2]

The Diocese of Dodge City is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.

In February 2019, it was announced that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) had been investigating sex abuse allegations against all Catholic dioceses in the state of Kansas, which includes the Diocese of Dodge City, since November 2018.[3] On August 14, 2020, Melissa Underwood, spokeswoman for the KBI, stated in an email “As of Aug. 7, we have had 205 reports of abuse and have opened 120 cases.”[4]

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See also
  • Catholic Church hierarchy
  • List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
  • Sacred Heart Cathedral, Dodge City, former Cathedral

References
  1. "History", Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City
  2. Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
  3. https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article225547525.html
  4. https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article244956535.html
Sacred Heart Cathedral, former seat of the Diocese of Dodge City



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