Diocese of Jefferson City Dioecesis Civitatis Jeffersoniensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | 38 counties across central and northeastern Missouri |
Ecclesiastical province | St. Louis |
Headquarters | Jefferson City, MO |
Coordinates | 38°35′30″N 92°12′32″W / 38.59163°N 92.20891°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 22,127 sq mi (57,310 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 878,672 88,000 (10.4%) |
Parishes | 95 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | July 2, 1956 (68 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Joseph |
Patron saint | Immaculate Heart of Mary[1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Shawn McKnight |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mitchell T. Rozanski |
Bishops emeritus | John R. Gaydos |
Map | |
The 38 counties in the Diocese of Jefferson City | |
Website | |
diojeffcity.org |
The Diocese of Jefferson City (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Jeffersoniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the state of Missouri in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of St. Louis.
The mother church of the Diocese of Jefferson City is the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Jefferson City.