Diocese of Wichita

Past and Present Ordinaries

• James O’Reilly † ( 1887 Appointed - 26 Jul 1887 Died)
• John Joseph Hennessy † (28 Aug 1888 Appointed - 13 Jul 1920 Died)
• Augustus John Schwertner † (10 Mar 1921 Appointed - 2 Oct 1939 Died)
• Christian Herman Winkelmann † (27 Dec 1939 Appointed - 18 Nov 1946 Died)
• Mark Kenny Carroll † (15 Feb 1947 Appointed - 27 Sep 1967 Resigned)
• David Monas Maloney † (2 Dec 1967 Appointed - 16 Jul 1982 Resigned)
• Eugene John Gerber (17 Nov 1982 Appointed - 4 Oct 2001 Resigned)
• Thomas James Olmsted (4 Oct 2001 Succeeded - 25 Nov 2003 Appointed, Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona)
• Michael Owen Jackels (28 Jan 2005 Appointed - 8 Apr 2013 Appointed, Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa)

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	68,849	911,368	7.6%	170	45	215	320		15	952	179	ap1951
1966	85,983	919,063	9.4%	170	46	216	398		17	624	98	ap1967
1970	88,826	859,766	10.3%	134	41	175	507		51	533	98	ap1971
1976	90,431	828,626	10.9%	123	23	146	619		28	490	95	ap1977
1980	97,350	846,792	11.5%	111	23	134	726		23	451	95	ap1981
1990	100,856	888,275	11.4%	118	9	127	794	2	10	430	112	ap1991
1999	109,859	916,007	12.0%	122	8	130	845	2	1	376	92	ap2000
2000	113,321	922,419	12.3%	119	9	128	885	2	9	361	92	ap2001
2001	114,539	947,499	12.1%	127	8	135	848	2	8	332	92	ap2002
2002	115,537	946,674	12.2%	128	8	136	849	2	8	331	92	ap2003
2003	115,482	949,385	12.2%	127	4	131	881	3	4	329	91	ap2004
2004	116,913	959,389	12.2%	123	4	127	920	1	4	314	91	ap2005
2010	125,150	979,000	12.8%	116	1	117	1,069	4	1	278	90	ap2011

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• John Balthasar Brungardt (Priest: 23 May 1998 to 15 Dec 2010)
• Paul Stagg Coakley (Priest: 21 May 1983 to 21 Oct 2004)
• James Douglas Conley (Priest: 18 May 1985 to 10 Apr 2008)
• Eugene John Gerber (Priest: 19 May 1959 to 16 Oct 1976; Bishop: 17 Nov 1982 to 4 Oct 2001)
• Ronald Michael Gilmore (Priest: 7 Jun 1969 to 12 May 1998)
• Michael Owen Jackels (Bishop: 28 Jan 2005 to 8 Apr 2013)
• Thomas James Olmsted (Coadjutor Bishop: 16 Feb 1999; Bishop: 4 Oct 2001 to 25 Nov 2003)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Leo Christopher Byrne † (Coadjutor Bishop: 11 Feb 1961 to 31 Jul 1967)
• Mark Kenny Carroll † (Bishop: 15 Feb 1947 to 27 Sep 1967)
• John Joseph Hennessy † (Bishop: 28 Aug 1888 to 13 Jul 1920)
• David Monas Maloney † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1967 to 16 Jul 1982)
• James O’Reilly † (Bishop: 1887 to 26 Jul 1887)
• Augustus John Schwertner † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1921 to 2 Oct 1939)
• Ignatius Jerome Strecker † (Priest: 19 Dec 1942 to 7 Apr 1962)
• Christian Herman Winkelmann † (Bishop: 27 Dec 1939 to 18 Nov 1946)