Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas

Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas; Archidioecesis Kansanopolitana in Kansas
Location
Country	United States
Territory	21 Counties in Northeast Kansas
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Kansas City in Kansas
Metropolitan	Kansas City, Kansas
Population; - Catholics	; 191,203
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	May 22, 1877 as the Diocese of Leavenworth; May 10, 1947 as the Diocese of Kansas City in Kansas
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Peter
Patron saint	Immaculate Conception; St. John Mary Vianney
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Fred Naumann; Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas
Emeritus Bishops	James Patrick Keleher; Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas
Map
Website
	archkck.org

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas (Latin: Archidioecesis Kansanopolitana in Kansas) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America.^[1]

The Archdiocese comprises the following twenty-one counties of the US State of Kansas: Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Lyon, Marshall, Miami, Nemaha, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee and Wyandotte.^[1]

The archbishop's episcopal seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Kansas City, Kansas.

[edit] History

The archdiocese was originally established as the Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains on July 19, 1850, and composed of the present day states of Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. It lost territory and changed its name to the Vicariate Apostolic of Kansas in 1857, and was elevated to the Diocese of Leavenworth on May 22, 1877. It lost further territory in 1887 and 1897. The diocese changed its name to the Diocese of Kansas City in Kansas on May 10, 1947. All of the former dioceses were under the authority of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis.^[1]

The current Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas was created on August 9, 1952; with three suffragan sees, the dioceses of Dodge City, Salina, and Wichita.^[1]

[edit] Past and Present Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains ^[1]

John Baptiste Miège, S.J. (appointed on July 23, 1850 – appointed Vicar Apostolic of Kansas in 1857)

Vicars Apostolic of Kansas ^[1]

John Baptiste Miège, S.J. (appointed in 1857 – resigned on November 18, 1874)
Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B. (succeeded on November 18, 1874 – appointed Bishop of Leavenworth on May 22, 1877)

Bishops of Leavenworth, Kansas ^[1]

Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B. (appointed on May 22, 1877 – died in office on March 17, 1904)
Thomas Francis Lillis (appointed on October 24, 1904 – appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri on March 14, 1910)
John Chamberlain Ward (appointed on November 25, 1910 – died in office on April 20, 1929)
Francis Johannes (succeeded on April 20, 1929 – died in office on March 13, 1937)
Paul Clarence Schulte (appointed on May 29, 1937 – appointed Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana on July 20, 1946)
George Joseph Donnelly (appointed on November 9, 1946 – appointed Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas on May 10, 1947)

Bishops of Kansas City in Kansas ^[1]

George Joseph Donnelly (appointed on May 10, 1947 – died in office on December 13, 1950)
Edward Joseph Hunkeler (appointed on March 31, 1951 – appointed Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas on August 9, 1952)

Archbishops of Kansas City in Kansas ^[1]

Edward Joseph Hunkeler (appointed on August 9, 1952 – retired on September 4, 1969)
Ignatius Jerome Strecker (appointed September 4, 1969 – retired on June 28, 1993)
James Patrick Keleher (appointed June 28, 1993 – resigned on January 15, 2005)
Joseph Fred Naumann (present archbishop, succeeded on January 15, 2005)