Diocese of Grand Island
Insulae Grandis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
The Diocese of Grand Island is a Latin Church diocese covering western and central Nebraska, erected in 1912 as the Diocese of Kearney and renamed in 1917. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Omaha and is led by Bishop Joseph G. Hanefeldt.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1912
- Latin
- Insulae Grandis
- Patron
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001518
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 48,363
- Population
- 288,741
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 16.7%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 913
- Extent
- 108,842 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph G. Hanefeldt
- Born
- 25 April 1958
- Birthplace
- Creighton
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands in Grand Island, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Omaha
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Omaha.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OmahaOmaha
- Diocese of LincolnLincoln
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Northwestern and central Nebraska in the United States form the territory of the Diocese of Grand Island (Latin: Dioecesis Insulae Grandis). The diocese belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Omaha as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Omaha. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Grand Island, and Joseph G. Hanefeldt has served as bishop since March 19, 2015.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.