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Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph

Dioecesis Kansanopolitana-Sancti Josephi



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Bishop(s)

  • James Vann Johnston, Jr., Bishop
  • Robert William Finn, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • United: 2 July 1956
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Saint Louis
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Missouri
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 40,239 (15,542 Square Miles)
  • Description: Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Holt, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Platte, Ray, St. Clair, Vernon, and Worth Counties
  • Conference Region: IX (IA, KS, MO, NE)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: KC
  • Official Web Site: https://kcsjcatholic.org/
  • Mailing Address: 20 West 9th St., Suite 200, Kansas City, MO 64105; P.O. Box 419037, Kansas City, MO 64141-6037, USA
  • Telephone: (816)756-1850
  • Fax: 756-2105

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Kansas City
10 September 1880ErectedArchdiocese of Saint Louis Diocese of Kansas City (erected)
2 July 1956Territory LostDiocese of Kansas City (Counties of: Saline, Pettis, Cooper, Benton, Morgan, Moniteau, Hickory, Camden, and Miller)
Diocese of Saint Joseph (Counties of: Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, Clark, Sullivan, Adair, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon, Shelby, Marion, Chariton, Randolph, Monroe, and Raleigh)
Archdiocese of Saint Louis (Counties of: Howard, Boone, Audrain, Pike, Callaway, Montgomery, Cole, Osage, Gasconade, Maries, Pulaski, Phelps, and Crawford)
Diocese of Jefferson City (erected)
2 July 1956Territory LostDiocese of Kansas City (Counties of: Cedar, Polk, Dallas, Laclede, Barton, Dade, Greene, Webster, Wright, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, Barry, Stone, Christian, Douglas, Donald, Taney, and the Ozarks)
Archdiocese of Saint Louis (Counties of: Dent, Iron, Texas, Shannon, Reynolds, Madison, Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Howell, Oregon, Carter, Ripley, Wayne, Butler, Stoddard, Scott, Mississippi, New Madrid, Dunklin, and Pemiscott)
Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau (erected)
Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph
2 July 1956UnitedDiocese of Kansas City
Diocese of Saint Joseph
Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Kansas City
195086,0001,900,0004.5%15994253339111815104ap1951
Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph
1966131,9421,147,70211.5%1901773673592541,00196ap1967
1970132,9211,271,37510.5%16062222598110228095ap1971
1976138,5951,271,00010.9%1442503943512125070394ap1977
1980137,7661,311,00010.5%1361361,012437364097ap1981
1990140,1391,575,6008.9%12912225155867174415110ap1991
1999156,8701,299,55512.1%131106237661593832984ap2000
2000163,3491,299,55512.6%1171012187495415728685ap2001
2001158,0891,394,04011.3%113942077635113027985ap2002
2002158,0001,394,04011.3%1101022127455513727386ap2003
2003151,9001,394,05410.9%1041002047445313030785ap2004
2004144,4831,394,04010.4%103911947445112530084ap2005
2005143,9411,408,00010.2%110891997235812426885ap2006
2006142,3921,448,7529.8%1011002017085814827387ap2007
2007143,3001,463,0009.8%104962007166314627087ap2008
2008143,5001,468,5189.8%101851867716212427287ap2009
2009145,0001,479,5839.8%97851827965612522886ap2010
2010135,9661,489,8909.1%97881857346013021286ap2011
2011137,0001,503,0009.1%104831877325812320787ap2012
2012137,9001,513,0059.1%98831817616512318487ap2013
2013129,5151,520,2508.5%95851807196211417787ap2014
2015131,4001,530,8298.6%95761717686910210488ap2016
2016124,9081,537,3358.1%987317173067979488ap2017
2017123,8701,513,0058.2%10068168737629017289ap2018
2018129,8931,555,6048.4%9966165787628720789ap2019
2019130,9401,568,1498.3%11359172761728219288ap2020
2021119,0611,592,4617.5%9867165721739417787ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 52, to Page 55

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