Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island

Diocese of Grand Island

Dioecesis Insulae Grandis
Catholic
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Grand Island
Coat of arms
Location
Country United States
TerritoryNebraska 28 counties and the parts of Dawson, Lincoln and Keith counties north of the Platte River in central and western Nebraska
Episcopal conferenceUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Ecclesiastical regionRegion IX
Ecclesiastical provinceOmaha
Statistics
Area42,000 sq mi (110,000 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2016)
320,000
56,600 (17.7%)
Parishes73
Schools11
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established
  • March 8, 1912 (Diocese of Kearney)
  • April 11, 1917 (Diocese of Grand Island)
CathedralCathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Patron saintBlessed Virgin Mary
Secular priests63
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJoseph G. Hanefeldt[1]
Metropolitan ArchbishopGeorge Joseph Lucas
Bishops emeritusWilliam Joseph Dendinger
Map
Website
gidiocese.org

The Diocese of Grand Island (Latin: Dioecesis Insulae Grandis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northwestern and central Nebraska in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Omaha.[2]

The cathedral parish is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Grand Island.[3] As of 2023, the bishop of Grand Island is Joseph G. Hanefeldt, who was installed on March 19, 2015.[4]

  1. ^ "Web Translator". www.translatetheweb.com. Retrieved Apr 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Annuario Pontificio. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2016. p. 275. Insulae Grandis --suffr. di Omaha
  3. ^ Annuario Pontificio. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2016. p. 275. Indirizzo: 2708 Old Fair Rd., P.O. Box 1531, Grand Island, NE 68802, U.S.A.
  4. ^ Annuario Pontificio. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2016. p. 275. Joseph G. Hanefeldt...el 14 genn. 2015; cons. 19 mar. 2015...