Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina (Latin: Dioecesis Salinensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church covering thirty-one counties in Kansas. The episcopal see is in Salina, Kansas. It was founded as the Diocese of Concordia on August 2, 1887, and on December 23, 1944, was renamed Diocese of Salina.[2]

Diocese of Salina

Dioecesis Salinensis
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Location
CountryUnited States
Territory31 counties in north-central and northwest Kansas
Ecclesiastical provinceKansas City in Kansas
Statistics
Area26,685 sq mi (69,110 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2010)
342,000
46,671 (14.1%)
Parishes86
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedAugust 2, 1887 as the Diocese of Concordia; December 23, 1944 as the Diocese of Salina
CathedralSacred Heart Cathedral
Patron saintOur Lady of Perpetual Help
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGerald Lee Vincke[1]
Metropolitan ArchbishopJoseph Fred Naumann
Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas
Map
Website
salinadiocese.org

On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, Pope Francis named Gerald Lee Vincke, a priest of the Diocese of Lansing (based in Lansing, Michigan), who until then had been the parish priest (pastor) of the Holy Family Parish, in Grand Blanc, Michigan, as the Bishop of the Diocese of Salina, to succeed Edward Weisenburger. He was installed as bishop on August 22, 2018.[3]

Bishops

Bishops of Concordia
  1. Richard Scannell (1887–1891), appointed Bishop of Omaha
  2. Thaddeus J. Butler (1897) (died before consecration)[4]
  3. John F. Cunningham (1898–1919)
  4. Francis Joseph Tief (1920–1938)

Bishops of Salina
  1. Francis Augustine Thill (1938–1957) (see change was in 1944)
  2. Frederick William Freking (1957–1964), appointed Bishop of La Crosse
  3. Cyril John Vogel (1965–1979)
  4. Daniel Kucera, OSB (1980–1983), appointed Archbishop of Dubuque
  5. George Kinzie Fitzsimons (1984–2004)
  6. Paul Stagg Coakley (2004–2010), appointed Archbishop of Oklahoma City
  7. Edward Joseph Weisenburger (2012–2017), appointed Bishop of Tucson
  8. Gerald Lee Vincke (2018–present)

High schools

Sex abuse investigation

In February 2019, it was announced that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) had been investigating sex abuse allegations against all Catholic diocese in the state of Kansas, which includes the Diocese of Salina, since November 2018.[5] On August 14, 2020, Melissa Underwood, spokeswoman for the KBI, stated in an email “As of Aug. 7, we have had 205 reports of abuse and have opened 120 cases.”[6]

Ecclesiastical province
See: List of the Catholic bishops of the United States#Province of Kansas City

See also

References
  1. "Pope Francis Names Rev. Msgr. Gerald L. Vincke as Bishop of Salina". usccb.org.
  2. "Diocese of Salina". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va.
  4. http://salinadiocese.org/home/about-us/history
  5. https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article225547525.html
  6. https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article244956535.html

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