| Diocese of Grand Island Dioecesis Insulae Grandis |
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Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | 28 counties and the parts of Dawson, Lincoln and Keith counties north of the Platte River in Central and Western Nebraska |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Omaha |
| Metropolitan | Grand Island, Nebraska |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total |
58.200 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 8, 1912 as the Diocese of Kearney: April 11, 1917 as the Diocese of Grand Island |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Patron saint | Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Benedict XVI |
| Bishop | William Joseph Dendinger Bishop of Grand Island |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | George Joseph Lucas Archbishop of Omaha |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| gidiocese.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island (Latin: Dioecesis Insulae Grandis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Grand Island, Nebraska. It is suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha. It was founded on April 11, 1917,[1] after a decree from Pius X in 1912 with the first bishop appointed in 1913.[2] It was originally known as the diocese of Kearney.[3]
The bishops who have served the diocese are: