Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City
Diocese of Rapid City Dioecesis Rapidopolitana | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | West of the Missouri River in South Dakota |
Ecclesiastical province | Saint Paul and Minneapolis |
Statistics | |
Area | 43,000 sq mi (110,000 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 239,000 30,700 (12.8%) |
Parishes | 88 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | August 6, 1902 (122 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop elect | Peter Michael Muhich |
Map | |
Website | |
rapidcitydiocese.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City (Latin: Dioecesis Rapidopolitana) is a Roman Catholic diocese in western South Dakota, United States. The diocese is currently administered by Father Michel Mulloy, pending appointment of a new bishop. 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. Peter Michael Muhich was appointed to this see on May 12, 2020.
History
On August 6, 1902 Saint Pius X established the diocese as the Diocese of Lead.[1] 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.[2][3]
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 Saint Cloud
- John Jeremiah Lawler (1915–1930 see below)
Bishops of Rapid City
- John Jeremiah Lawler (see above 1930–1948)
- William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R (1948–1969)
- Harold Joseph Dimmerling (1969–1987)
- Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. (1988–1997), appointed Archbishop of Denver and later Archbishop of Philadelphia
- Blase Joseph Cupich (1998–2010), appointed Bishop of Spokane and later Archbishop of Chicago (elevated to Cardinal in 2016)
- Robert Dwayne Gruss (2011–2019), appointed Bishop of Saginaw
Coadjutor bishop
- Leo Ferdinand Dworschak (1946-1947), appointed auxiliary bishop of Fargo in 1947
Other priests of the diocese who became bishops
- Lawrence Welsh, appointed Bishop of Spokane in 1978
- Steven Biegler, appointed Bishop of Cheyenne in 2017
- Michel Mulloy, appointed Bishop of Duluth in 2020
High schools
- Red Cloud High School, Pine Ridge
- St. Thomas More High School, Rapid City
See also
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Ecclesiastical Province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
References
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- ^ Cheney, David M. (July 19, 2011). "Diocese of Rapid City". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^ "Diocese of Rapid City". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
External links
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