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The pope suppressed the Dioceses of Kansas City and Saint Joseph. He created the new Dioceses of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Jefferson City and Springfield-Cape Girardeau. The Archdiocese of St. Louis was left unchanged. [16] [17] After O'Hara died in September 1956, Cody automatically succeeded him as bishop.
Its first bishop was John Joseph Hogan. On July 2, 1956, the diocese lost territory to the newly erected Diocese of Jefferson City and the Diocese of Springfield–Cape Girardeau. On that date it was united to the Diocese of Kansas City, which was renamed the Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph.
On August 29, 1956, Pope Pius XII merged the western part of the Diocese of St. Joseph with the northern part of Diocese of Kansas City to form the Diocese of Kansas City–St. Joseph. [3] The rest of what was the Kansas City Diocese became part of the newly established Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau. As a result, the Diocese of Kansas ...
The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph suspended a deacon after finding a sex abuse lawsuit filed in St. Louis County has a “potential connection” to the man, diocesan leadership says.
“I’m excited,” says one mom who plans to eventually send her new baby to this new school.
The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph has Co-Cathedrals: The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City and the Cathedral of St. Joseph. The Cathedral of St. Joseph was renovated from 1969 to 1970 following the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council. Other renovations were completed in 1981 and 1995.
On September 15, 2015, Pope Francis named Johnston as bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph. [5] He was installed on November 4, 2015, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City. [6] On June 27, 2016, in a special church service, Johnston apologized to victims of sexual abuse in the diocese for the abuse itself and the cover-up by ...
Sep. 17—Boys from Joplin and Carthage and a boy and a girl from Neosho are among 11 alleged victims of past sexual abuse by Catholic Church officials cited in a lawsuit filed last week against ...