Diocese of Sioux City
Siopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sioux City, Iowa, United States
The Diocese of Sioux City was established in 1902 and covers 24 counties of northwest Iowa. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dubuque and is led by Bishop John E. Keehner.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 January 1902
- Latin
- Siopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Annuario code
- 001003070
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 85,516
- Population
- 455,293
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 18.8%
- Priests
- 92
- Catholics per priest
- 930
- Extent
- 37,601 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.3
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
- John E. Keehner
- Born
- 19 November 1965
- Birthplace
- Youngstown
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 Epiphany stands in Sioux City, 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 Dubuque
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dubuque.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DubuqueDubuque
- Diocese of DavenportDavenport
- Diocese of Des MoinesDes Moines
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The northwestern quarter of the state of Iowa in the United States belongs to the Diocese of Sioux City (Latin: Diœcesis Siopolitanensis), a Latin Church diocese and suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Its cathedral parish is the Epiphany, with Sioux City as the see city. In all, the diocese takes in 24 counties of northwestern Iowa, covering 14,518 square miles (37,600 km2).
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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.