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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the midwestern region of the United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes all of Oklahoma County, Logan County and Lincoln County. Currently, the Most Reverend Eusebius J. Beltran is the Archbishop. As such, he is the metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province which includes the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, the Diocese of Tulsa and the Diocese of Little Rock.[2]
[edit] History
The diocese had its roots through French Benedictine monks who entered Indian Territory in 1875 to establish a Catholic presence. The Diocese of Oklahoma was established in 1905 with Belgian Theophile Meerschaert as its first bishop. In the 1930s the name was changed to the Diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa to reflect shifting population trends in Oklahoma. It first achieved international attention when, in 1949, it became home to the National Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague.[3] On December 13, 1972, Pope Paul VI split the diocese into two, creating the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, which ministers to Catholics in the western part of Oklahoma, and the Diocese of Tulsa, which ministers to Catholics in the eastern side of the state.[4]
The official news and information publication of the diocese is the Sooner Catholic.
[edit] List of Ordinaries
- Isidore Robot, OSB, Prefect of Indian Territory (1876–1887)
- Ignatius Jean, OSB, Prefect of Indian Territory (1887–1890)
- Theophile Meerschaert, Bishop (1891–1924)
- Francis Kelley, Bishop (1924–1948)
- Eugene McGuinness, Bishop (1948–1957)
- Victor Reed, Bishop (1958–1971)
- John Quinn, Bishop (1971–1972), Archbishop (1972–1977)
- Charles Salatka, Archbishop (1977–1992)
- Eusebius Beltran, Archbishop (1992–present)
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