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Diocese of Wichita

Dioecesis Wichitensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Carl Alan Kemme, Bishop

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
2 August 1887ErectedDiocese of Leavenworth Diocese of Concordia (erected)
Diocese of Wichita (erected)
19 May 1951Territory LostDiocese of Wichita (Greeley, Wichita, Scott, Lane, Ness, Bush, Barton, Hamilton, Kearny, Finney, Eodgeman, Pawnee, Stafford, Stanton, Grani, Rasiceli, Gray, Ford, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Morton, Stevens, Seward, Meade, Clark, Comanche, and Berber) Diocese of Dodge City (erected)
9 August 1952Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Wichita (from St. Louis to Kansas City in Kansas)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195068,849911,3687.6%1704521532015952179ap1951
196685,983919,0639.4%170462163981762498ap1967
197088,826859,76610.3%134411755075153398ap1971
197690,431828,62610.9%123231466192849095ap1977
198097,350846,79211.5%111231347262345195ap1981
1990100,856888,27511.4%1189127794210430112ap1991
1999109,859916,00712.0%12281308452137692ap2000
2000113,321922,41912.3%11991288852936192ap2001
2001114,539947,49912.1%12781358482833292ap2002
2002115,537946,67412.2%12881368492833192ap2003
2003115,482949,38512.2%12741318813432991ap2004
2004116,913959,38912.2%12341279201431491ap2005
2010125,150979,00012.8%11611171,0694127890ap2011
2014128,7001,008,00012.8%11611171,1004124890ap2015
2017112,549994,42711.3%11811199453121090ap2018
2020119,800983,98812.2%12211239733120090ap2021

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


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