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The Jefferson City region would remain part of this diocese and others for the next 130 years. The first German language parish west of the Mississippi River, St. Joseph, was founded in Westphalia, Missouri, in 1835. [12] In Jefferson City, St. Peter's, the first Catholic church in that city, was dedicated in 1846. [13] St.
From the time of the creation of the diocese, St. Peter's Church in downtown Jefferson City served as the Mother Church for the diocese until the new cathedral could be designed and completed. [2] The site, across from Jefferson City's Memorial Park, was chosen by Monsignor Joseph A. Vogelweid, who was the first Vicar General of the
Pope Francis appointed McKnight as bishop of Jefferson City on November 21, 2017. [8] [9] McKnight was the fifth bishop to come from the Diocese of Wichita since 1998.He was consecrated on February 6, 2018.
Jeff Lehr, The Joplin Globe, Mo. Updated September 19, 2024 at 6:35 PM. ... A similar suit was filed last week against the Diocese of Jefferson City and its bishop, alleging sexual abuse of a ...
•1868.03.03: Established as Diocese of Saint Joseph with territory from the Archdiocese of Saint Louis •1956.07.02: Suppressed, merged with the Diocese of Kansas City(Mo.) to form the Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph, and lost territory to establish Diocese of Jefferson City and Diocese of Springfield–Cape Girardeau
On July 18, 1826, Pope Leo XII divided the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas. One of the new dioceses was the Diocese of St. Louis, which included Missouri along with vast areas of the American Midwest and Great Plains. [3] Because of its size, the diocese was often referred to as the Rome of the West. [16]
On June 25, 1997, Pope John Paul II accepted McAuliffe's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Jefferson City. [1] In February 2003, McAuliffe and the diocese were sued by a North Carolina man who claimed to have been sexually molested by two diocesan priests when he was a child. [5] Michael McAuliffe died in Kansas City, Missouri, on January ...
On June 25, 1997, Pope John Paul II appointed Gaydos as the third bishop of the Diocese of Jefferson City. He was consecrated on August 27, 1997, by Archbishop Justin Rigali, with Bishop Michael McAuliffe and Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Jefferson City. [1]