Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina
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The Diocese of Salina (Latin: Dioecesis Salinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northern Kansas in the United States.
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Diocese of Salina Dioecesis Salinensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | 31 counties in north-central and northwest Kansas |
Ecclesiastical province | Kansas City in Kansas |
Statistics | |
Area | 26,685 sq mi (69,110 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 342,000 46,671 (14.1%) |
Parishes | 86 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | August 2, 1887 as the Diocese of Concordia; December 23, 1944 as the Diocese of Salina |
Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
Patron saint | Our Lady of Perpetual Help[1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Gerald Lee Vincke[2] |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Fred Naumann |
Map | |
Website | |
salinadiocese.org |
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The episcopal see is in Salina. The diocese was founded as the Diocese of Concordia in 1887 and was renamed in 1944 as the Diocese of Salina.[3] It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.[4]
In 2018, Pope Francis named Gerald Vincke as bishop of Salina.[5]