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Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Kansas City in Kansas

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
69,114 km²

Cathedral
  
Sacred Heart Cathedral

Country
  
United States of America

Parishes
  
86

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Bishop
  
Edward Weisenburger

Headquarters
  
Kansas, United States

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Territory
  
31 counties in North Central and Northwest Kansas

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 342,000 46,671 (14.1%)

Parent organization
  
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina (Latin: Dioecesis Salinensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese covering thirty-one counties in Kansas. The episcopal see is in Salina, Kansas. It was founded as the Diocese of Concordia on August 2, 1887 and on December 23, 1944, was renamed Diocese of Salina.

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Pope Benedict XVI named Monsignor Edward Joseph Weisenburger as the 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Salina on February 6, 2012. He was consecrated on May 1, 2012.

Diocesan bishops

  • Richard Scannell (1887-1891)
  • John Joseph Hennessy (Apostolic Administrator, 1891-1898)
  • John Francis Cunningham (1898-1919)
  • Francis Joseph Tief (1920-1938)
  • Francis Augustine Thill (1938–1957)
  • Frederick William Freking (1957–1964)
  • Cyril John Vogel (1965–1979)
  • Daniel Kucera (1980–1983)
  • George Kinzie Fitzsimons (1984–2004)
  • Paul Stagg Coakley (2004—2010)
  • Edward Joseph Weisenburger (since 2012)

    • High schools

  • Sacred Heart High School, Salina
  • St. John's Catholic High School, Beloit
  • St. Xavier High School, Junction City
  • Thomas More Prep-Marian, Hays
  • Tipton Catholic High School, Tipton

    • Ecclesiastical province

    See: List of the Catholic bishops of the United States#Province of Kansas City

    References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina Wikipedia
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