Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita

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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.

The past bishops of the diocese are:

  • John Joseph Hennessy (1888–1920)
  • Augustus John Schwertner (1921–1939)
  • Christian Herman Winkelmann (1939–1946)
  • Mark Kenny Carroll (1947–1967)
  • David Monas Maloney (1967–1982)
  • Eugene John Gerber (1982–2001)
  • Thomas James Olmsted (2001–2003)
  • Michael Owen Jackels (2005—)

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