Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island

Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island
Diocese of Grand Island
Dioecesis Insulae Grandis

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Location
Country United States
Territory 28 counties and the parts of Dawson, Lincoln and Keith counties north of the Platte River in Central and Western Nebraska
Ecclesiastical province Province of Omaha
Metropolitan Grand Island, Nebraska
Statistics
Population
- Total

58.200
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established March 8, 1912 as the Diocese of Kearney: April 11, 1917 as the Diocese of Grand Island
Cathedral Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Patron saint Blessed Virgin Mary
Current leadership
Pope Benedict XVI
Bishop William Joseph Dendinger
Bishop of Grand Island
Metropolitan Archbishop George Joseph Lucas
Archbishop of Omaha
Map
Website
gidiocese.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island (Latin: Dioecesis Insulae Grandis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Grand Island, Nebraska. It is suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha. It was founded on April 11, 1917,[1] after a decree from Pius X in 1912 with the first bishop appointed in 1913.[2] It was originally known as the diocese of Kearney.[3]

The bishops who have served the diocese are:

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