Diocese of Lincoln Dioecesis Lincolnensis | |
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 Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Lincoln | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory |  The territory that lies south of the Platte River across southern Nebraska |
| Ecclesiastical province | Omaha |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 23,844 sq mi (61,760 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 620,359 95,104 (15.3%) |
| Parishes | 134 |
| Schools | 30 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | August 2, 1887 (137 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Risen Christ |
| Patron saint | Immaculate Conception |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | James D. Conley |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | George Joseph Lucas |
| Bishops emeritus | Fabian Bruskewitz |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| lincolndiocese.org | |
The Diocese of Lincoln (Latin: Dioecesis Lincolnensis) is a Latin Church diocese in Nebraska, United States, and comprises the majority of the eastern and central portions of the state south of the Platte River. It is a suffragan see to the archdiocese of Omaha. The episcopal see is in Lincoln, Nebraska.
It was established in 1887, following the arrival of many Irish, German and Czech Catholic immigrants to the region. Starting in 2003, amid a widespread sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, Lincoln was the only diocese in the United States to refuse to comply with the church's procedures for handling sexual abuse allegations.
Bishop James D. Conley is the current ordinary of the Diocese. The Cathedral of the Risen Christ is the cathedral parish of the diocese.