The Diocese of Dodge City ( la, Dioecesis Dodgepolis) is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
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of the
Catholic Church
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covering twenty-eight
counties
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in
Kansas
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.
Pope Pius XII created the diocese on May 19, 1951. The Diocese of Dodge City is a
suffragan diocese in the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
metropolitan Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.
John B. Brungardt was appointed Bishop of Dodge City in December 2010.
History
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City encompasses 23,000-square-miles, and 50 parishes in 28 counties. It was established in 1951 from parts of the
Diocese of Wichita, the
Diocese of Leavenworth, and the Vicariate Apostolic of the Indian Territory established July 19, 1850.
At that time,
Sacred Heart Church became the diocesan cathedral. A new cathedral, the
Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe was consecrated on December 9, 2001.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
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is the patroness of the diocese.
The Diocese of Dodge City is a
suffragan diocese of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas ( la, Archidioecesis Kansanopolitana in Kansas) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical province or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the United States of America.
The archbishop's episcopal seat is locate ...
.
In February 2019, it was announced that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) had been investigating sex abuse allegations against all Catholic dioceses in the state of Kansas, which includes the Diocese of Dodge City, since November 2018. On August 14, 2020, Melissa Underwood, spokeswoman for the KBI, stated in an email “As of Aug. 7, we have had 205 reports of abuse and have opened 120 cases”
[https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article244956535.html ] across all the dioceses in Kansas.
Bishops
Bishops of Dodge City
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John Baptist Franz
John Baptist Franz (October 29, 1896 – July 3, 1992) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Dodge City in Kansas (1951–1959) and bishop of the Diocese of Peoria in Illinois (1959–1971) ...
(1951-1959), appointed
Bishop of Peoria
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Marion Francis Forst (1960-1976), appointed
Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas
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Eugene John Gerber (1976-1982), appointed
Bishop of Wichita
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Stanley Girard Schlarman (1983-1998)
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Ronald Michael Gilmore (1998-2010)
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John Balthasar Brungardt (2011–present)
See also
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Catholic Church hierarchy
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List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
This is the list of the Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of the United States which includes both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Roman Rite and other Latin liturgical rites, and various other dioceses, primarily the eparc ...
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Sacred Heart Cathedral, Dodge City, former Cathedral
References
External links
Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City Official Site
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Kansas City
Christian organizations established in 1951
Dodge City, Kansas
Dodge City
Dodge City is the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States, named after nearby Fort Dodge. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. The city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier town ...
Dodge City
Dodge City is the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States, named after nearby Fort Dodge. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. The city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier town ...
1951 establishments in Kansas
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