Wichita (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Carl Alan Kemme, Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 2 August 1887
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
State: Kansas
Country: United States of America
Square Kilometers: 51,995 (20,083 Square Miles)
Conference Region: IX (IA, KS, MO, NE)
Catholic Directory Abbreviation: WCH
Official Web Site: http://www.cdowk.org/
Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 424 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS 67202-2310, USA
Telephone: (316)269-3900
Fax: 269-3902

Past and Present Ordinaries

James O’Reilly † (9 Aug 1887 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
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)
Carl Alan Kemme (20 Feb 2014 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
2 August 1887	Erected	Diocese of Leavenworth (McPherson, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Rice, Barton, Stafford, Pratt, Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Ness, Hodgeman, Ford, Clarke, Meade, Foote, Buffalo, Lane, Scott, Wichita, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Sequoyah, ...)	Diocese of Wichita (erected)
19 May 1951	Territory Lost	Diocese of Wichita (Greeley, Wichita, Scott, Lane, Ness, Bush, Barton, Hamilton, Kearny, Finney, Eodgeman, Pawnee, Stafford, Stanton, Grani, Rasiceli, Gray, Ford, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Morton, Stevens, Seward, Meade, Clark, Comanche, and Berber)	Diocese of Dodge City (erected)
9 August 1952	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Wichita (from St. Louis to Kansas City in Kansas)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1908 27,100 69 12 81 334 119 ocdw1909

1918 37,848 88 18 106 357 149 ocdk1919

1928 59,935 102 41 143 419 153 ocdk1929

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

2014 128,700 1,008,000 12.8% 116 1 117 1,100 4 1 248 90 ap2015

2017 112,549 994,427 11.3% 118 1 119 945 3 1 210 90 ap2018

2020 119,800 983,988 12.2% 122 1 123 973 3 1 200 90 ap2021

2022 110,099 994,875 11.1% 117 1 118 933 3 1 177 90 ap2023

2023 108,484 996,805 10.9% 123 3 126 860 3 3 168 90 ap2024

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1908	27,100			69	12	81	334				119	ocdw1909
1918	37,848			88	18	106	357				149	ocdk1919
1928	59,935			102	41	143	419				153	ocdk1929
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
2014	128,700	1,008,000	12.8%	116	1	117	1,100	4	1	248	90	ap2015
2017	112,549	994,427	11.3%	118	1	119	945	3	1	210	90	ap2018
2020	119,800	983,988	12.2%	122	1	123	973	3	1	200	90	ap2021
2022	110,099	994,875	11.1%	117	1	118	933	3	1	177	90	ap2023
2023	108,484	996,805	10.9%	123	3	126	860	3	3	168	90	ap2024

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 (Deacon: 8 Apr 1982; Priest: 21 May 1983 to 21 Oct 2004)
James Douglas Conley (Priest: 18 May 1985 to 10 Apr 2008)
Ronald Michael Gilmore (Priest: 7 Jun 1969 to 12 May 1998)
Michael Owen Jackels (Bishop: 28 Jan 2005 to 8 Apr 2013)
Carl Alan Kemme (Bishop: 20 Feb 2014 - )
William Shawn McKnight (Deacon: 27 Nov 1993; Priest: 28 May 1994 to 21 Nov 2017)
Thomas James Olmsted (Coadjutor Bishop: 16 Feb 1999; Bishop: 4 Oct 2001 to 25 Nov 2003)

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)
Leo Maria Cornelli, O.S.B. †
Eugene John Gerber † (Priest: 19 May 1959 to 16 Oct 1976; Bishop: 17 Nov 1982 to 4 Oct 2001)
John Joseph Hennessy † (Bishop: 28 Aug 1888 to 13 Jul 1920)
Heriberto João Hermes, O.S.B. †
Edward Joseph Hunkeler †
David Monas Maloney † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1967 to 16 Jul 1982)
James O’Reilly † (Bishop: 9 Aug 1887 - Did Not Take Effect)
Augustus John Schwertner † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1921 to 2 Oct 1939)
Michael Jarboe Sheehan †
Ignatius Jerome Strecker † (Priest: 19 Dec 1942 to 7 Apr 1962)
John Henry Tihen † (Priest: 1888 to 12 May 1911)
Christian Herman Winkelmann † (Bishop: 27 Dec 1939 to 18 Nov 1946)

Diocese of Wichita