Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island

For other uses, see Diocese of Lincoln.

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:

• James Albert Duffy (1913–1931)
• Stanislaus Vincent Bona (1931–1944)
• Edward Joseph Hunkeler (1945–1951)
• John Linus Paschang (1951–1972)
• John Joseph Sullivan (1972–1977)
• Lawrence James McNamara (1978–2004)
• William Joseph Dendinger (2004—)

High schools

• Central Catholic High School, Grand Island
• Kearney Catholic High School, Kearney
• St. Patrick High School, North Platte
• Spalding Academy, Spalding

References

1. ^ Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island Home Page
2. ^  "Diocese of Kearney (Nebraska)". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 
3. ^ Diocese of Grand Island - catholic-hierarchy.org