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Diocese of Sioux Falls

Siouxormen(sis)

The Diocese of Sioux Falls was established in 1889 and covers South Dakota east of the Missouri River. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and is led by Bishop Donald E. DeGrood.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
12 November 1889
Latin
Siouxormen(sis)
Patron
Saint Joseph
Annuario code
001003071

The see in figures

Catholics
135,600
Population
550,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
24.7%
Priests
110
Catholics per priest
1,233
Extent
90,885 km²
Catholics per km²
1.5

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
Donald E. DeGrood
Born
14 February 1965
Birthplace
Faribault

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

St. Joseph Cathedral stands in Sioux Falls, 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 Saint Paul and Minneapolis

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

The sees of this province:

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

History

South Dakota east of the Missouri River forms the territory of the Diocese of Sioux Falls (Latin: Dioecesis Siouxormensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States and a suffragan see of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. St. Joseph Cathedral in Sioux Falls is the mother church, and bishop Donald DeGrood has led the diocese since 2020.

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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.