Parishes 73 Area 108,780 km² Phone +1 308-382-6565 | Ecclesiastical province Omaha Schools 11 | |
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Territory 28 counties and the parts of Dawson, Lincoln and Keith counties north of the Platte River in Central and Western Nebraska Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2016)32000056,600 (17.7%%) Address 2708 Old Fair Rd, Grand Island, NE 68803, USA Similar St Mary's Cathedral, St Leo's Catholic Church, Blessed Sacrament Catholic, Resurrect Catholic Church, Central Catholic Middle an | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island (Latin: Dioecesis Insulae Grandis) is a Latin (Roman Rite) diocese in Grand Island, Nebraska.
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It is a suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha. The cathedral parish is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, its diocesan headquarters are at 2708 Old Fair Rd., P.O. Box 1531, Grand Island, NE 68802, USA.
The retired bishop of the diocese is Bishop Emeritus William Dendinger. The Rev. Msgr. Joseph G. Hanefeldt was announced as successor on January 14, 2015, and was installed on March 19th, 2015.
History
On January 6, 1857, Pope Pius IX established the Apostolic Vicariate of Nebraska in territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains.
On March 8, 1912, Pope Pius X established the Diocese of Kearney on territory taken from the then Diocese of Omaha, its present Metropolitan.
The diocese was enlarged with more territory from Omaha on May 13, 1916.
On April 11, 1917, the diocese was renamed when the see city was transferred to Grand Island.
The Omaha diocese was elevated to an archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on August 10, 1945.
Incumbent episcopal ordinaries
The list of bishops who served the diocese and their years of service:
- James Albert Duffy (1913–1931), previously last Bishop of Kearney (1913–1917); afterward Titular Bishop of Silandus (1931–1968)
- Stanislaus Vincent Bona (1931–1944), afterward Titular Bishop of Mela (1944–1945) and first Coadjutor Bishop (1944–1945), then Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1945–1967)
- Edward Joseph Hunkeler (1945–1951); later Bishop of Kansas City (USA) (1951–1952), Metropolitan Archbishop of the promoted see of Kansas City (USA) (1952–1969) and finally Titular Archbishop of Selsey (1969–1970)
- John Linus Paschang (1951–1972)
- John Joseph Sullivan (1972–1977), later Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA) (1977–1993)
- Lawrence James McNamara (1978–2004)
- William Joseph Dendinger (2004–2015)
- Joseph G. Hanefeldt (2015– ...)