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Diocese of Salina

Salinen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Salina, Kansas, United States

The Diocese of Salina is a Latin Church diocese in north-central Kansas, erected in 1887 as the Diocese of Concordia and renamed Salina in 1944. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1887
Latin
Salinen(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Annuario code
001002851

The see in figures

Catholics
46,671
Population
342,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
13.6%
Priests
74
Catholics per priest
631
Extent
69,114 km²
Catholics per km²
0.7

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
Gerald L. Vincke
Born
9 July 1964
Birthplace
Saginaw

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

Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Salina, 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 Kansas City in Kansas

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Northern Kansas in the United States is the territory of the Diocese of Salina (Latin: Dioecesis Salinensis). Founded in 1887 as the Diocese of Concordia, it took its present name in 1944 when it was renamed the Diocese of Salina. It belongs as a suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.