Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City

The Diocese of Dodge City (Latin: Dioecesis Dodge Polis ) is a located in the United States Roman Catholic diocese based in Dodge City, Kansas.

History

The Diocese of Dodge City was on May 19, 1951 Pope Pius XII. built out of territory of the Diocese of Wichita and the Archdiocese of Kansas City assumed a suffragan.

Territory

The Diocese of Dodge City, Kansas includes the nearby areas Barber County, Barton County, Clark County, Comanche County, Edwards County, Finney County, Ford County, Grant County, Gray County, Greeley County, Hamilton County, Haskell County, Hodgeman County, Kearny County, Kiowa County, Lane County, Meade County, Morton County, Ness County, Pawnee County, Pratt County, Rush County, Scott County, Seward County, Stafford County, Stanton County, Stevens County and Wichita County.

Bishops of Dodge City

  • John Baptist Franz, 1951-1959, then Bishop of Peoria
  • Marion Francis Forst, 1960-1976
  • Eugene John Gerber, 1976-1982, then Bishop of Wichita
  • Stanley Girard Schlarman, 1983-1998
  • Ronald Michael Gilmore, 1998-2010
  • John Balthasar Brungardt, since 2010
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