Diocese of Wichita

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

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
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

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 (Priest: 28 May 1994 to 21 Nov 2017)
• Thomas James Olmsted (Coadjutor Bishop: 16 Feb 1999; Bishop: 4 Oct 2001 to 25 Nov 2003)
• Michael Jarboe Sheehan

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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)
• 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)
• Herbert Hermes, O.S.B. †
• 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)
• 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)