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Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City

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Parishes
  
88

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Bishop
  
Robert Dwayne Gruss

Country
  
United States of America

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
111,370 km²

Phone
  
+1 605-343-3541

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City

Territory
  
West of the Missouri River in South Dakota

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2010)239,00030,700 (12.8%)

Established
  
August 6, 1902 (114 years ago)

Address
  
606 Cathedral Dr, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Similar
  
Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpet, Blessed Sacrament Church, St Isaac Jogues, Priestly Fraternity Peter, Newman Center

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City (Latin: Dioecesis Rapidopolitana) is a Roman Catholic diocese in western South Dakota, United States. The current bishop of the diocese is Bishop Robert Dwayne Gruss. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The See city for the diocese is Rapid City. The Cathedral parish is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

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History

On August 6, 1902 Saint Pius X established the diocese as the Diocese of Lead. Its territory was taken from the Diocese of Sioux Falls. The name of the diocese was changed by Pope Pius XI on August 1, 1930 when the see city was transferred to Rapid City.

Bishops

The bishops for the diocese and their terms of service:

Bishops of Lead
  • John Stariha (1902–1909)
  • Joseph Francis Busch (1910–1915); appointed Bishop of St. Cloud
    • Bishops of Rapid City
  • John Jeremiah Lawler (1915–1948); appointed Bishop of Lead; see transferred to Rapid City in 1930
  • William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R (1948–1969)
  • Harold Joseph Dimmerling (1969–1987)
  • Charles Joseph Chaput, OFM Cap (1988–1997); appointed Archbishop of Denver
  • Blase Joseph Cupich (1998–2010); appointed Bishop of Spokane; future Cardinal
  • Robert Dwayne Gruss (2011–present)
    • Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
  • Steven Biegler, appointed Bishop of Cheyenne in 2017
  • Lawrence Harold Welsh, appointed Bishop of Spokane in 1978

    • High schools

  • Red Cloud High School, Pine Ridge
  • St. Thomas More High School, Rapid City

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City Wikipedia
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