Diocese of Dodge City Dioecesis Dodgepolis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | 28 counties in Southwest Kansas |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Kansas City in Kansas |
Population - Catholics | 60,554 (27.2%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | May 19, 1951 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Patron saint | Our Lady of Guadalupe John the Baptist |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | John Balthasar Brungardt |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Fred Naumann |
Bishops emeritus | Ronald Michael Gilmore Stanley Girard Schlarman |
Map | |
Website | |
dcdiocese.org |
The Diocese of Dodge City (Latin: Dioecesis Dodgepolis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southwestern Kansas in the United States. Pope Pius XII created the diocese on May 19, 1951.
The Diocese of Dodge City is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.[1]
John B. Brungardt was appointed Bishop of Dodge City in December 2010.