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The Diocese of Kansas City was established by Pope Leo XIII in 1880. [3] Bishop John Joseph Hogan selected Immaculate Conception as the cathedral for the new diocese and laid the cornerstone for the present cathedral in 1882. While the interior of the building was incomplete and temporary windows filled the spaces, the first Mass in the church ...
Archdiocesan Marian Shrine. A marble figure of Christ erected on a cross was added in 1952. It was donated by a woman who wished to remain anonymous. [4] In 1967, a brewery worker contributed a marble statue of St. Joseph and his son. The brewery worker felt the shrine was incomplete without a statue of the father of Christ. [5]
On September 10, 1880, Pope Leo XIII established the Diocese of Kansas City, with territories taken from the Archdiocese of St. Louis. [5] The pope named Bishop John Joseph Hogan from the Diocese of St. Joseph as the first bishop of Kansas City. [8] The Jesuit Order opened Rockhurst College in Kansas City in 1910. [9]
The second bishop of Leavenworth was Monsignor Thomas Lillis from Kansas City, Missouri, named by Pope Pius X in 1904. [15] During his tenure, Lillis established several new congregations, churches, and parochial schools. [6] In 1910, he became coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City (the future Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph in ...
Diocese of Rapid City: 1930–1962 [12] Church of St. Peter Diocese of Jefferson City: 1956–1988 Church of Sts. Peter and Paul Diocese of Alton: 1859–1923 Church of the Immaculate Conception: Diocese of Fairbanks: 1962–1966 Holy Angels Cathedral Diocese of Saint Cloud: 1889–1937 [13] Holy Family Old Cathedral: Archdiocese of Anchorage ...
Edward Joseph Hunkeler (January 1, 1894 – October 1, 1970) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska (1945–1951), and Bishop and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas (1951–1969).
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City may refer to one of two dioceses in the United States: Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (Missouri); or; Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
Pope Pius XII erected the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau on August 24, 1956, taking its territory from the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the Diocese of Kansas City. The pope named Auxiliary Bishop Charles Helmsing of St. Louis as the first bishop of the new diocese. [10] In 1962, Helmsing became bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint ...