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By 1850, the diocese only included the state of Iowa. The first mass in what would become the city of Des Moines was celebrated in a log hut in 1851 at Fort Des Moines by Father Alexander Hattenberger, a priest from Ottumwa, Iowa. [1] In 1856, the first St. Ambrose Church was built in Des Moines.. [2]
On April 10, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Pates as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Des Moines. [3] He was installed on May 29, 2008. Pates was the third consecutive Twin Cities ' auxiliary bishop to be named bishop Des Moines; his two immediate predecessors, Bishop Joseph Charron and Bishop William Bullock , previously served the St ...
Pope Francis appointed Joensen as the tenth bishop of Des Moines on July 18, 2019. His episcopal ordination took place on September 27, 2019, at St. Francis of Assisi Church in West Des Moines, Iowa. [7] Archbishop Michael Jackels was the consecrator, with Bishop R. Walker Nickless and Bishop Thomas Zinkula as the co-consecrators. [4]
On February 10, 1987, Bullock was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Des Moines by John Paul II, succeeding Maurice John Dingman. [4] He was installed on April 2, 1987. According to the Diocese of Des Moines, Bullock established a policy addressing sexual abuse in 1988, created the St. Joseph Emergency Family Shelter and St. Mary Family Center ...
On January 21, 1994, John Paul II appointed Charron as bishop of the Diocese of Des Moines. [2] On September 19, 2003, Charron permanently suspended three diocese priests from ministry due to sexual abuse allegations: Reverends Albert Wilwerding, John Ryan, and Richard Wagner.
The following year Flavin became the first priest of the Diocese of Davenport to be named a monsignor. [11] St. Ambrose Church was chosen to be the cathedral of the Diocese of Des Moines when it was established by Pope Pius X on August 12, 1911. [12] St. Augustin's Parish on the west side of Des Moines was founded from St. Ambrose in 1920. [13]
Diocese of Des Moines in red. This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines. [1] The diocese includes more than 80 churches located throughout southwestern Iowa. The cathedral church of the diocese is St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des Moines.
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