Diocese of Bismarck, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bismarck / Bismarckien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1909.12.31: Established as Diocese of Bismarck / Bismarckien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Fargo and became suffragan of Saint Paul)
2018.05.20: Gained territory from Diocese of Fargo

Contact Info

Address: 420 Raymond St., P.O. Box 1575, Bismarck, ND 58502, USA

Phone: +1 (701) 223-1347

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.10.19 – ...):

Bishop David Dennis Kagan (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bismarck (Roman Rite)

Bishop David Dennis Kagan (75)
(2011.10.19 – ...)

Bishop of Bismarck (USA)

Nihil amori Christi præponere

Born:	1949.11.09 (Waukegan, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.11.30

Priest of Rockford (USA) (1975.06.14 – 2011.10.19)

Bishop of Bismarck (USA) (2011.10.19 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Fargo (USA) (2012.07.18 – 2013.04.08)

Bishop Paul Albert Zipfel
(1996.12.31 – 2011.10.19)

Born:	1935.09.22 (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1961.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.06.29
Died:	2019.07.14 (Northwoods, MO, USA † 83)

Titular Bishop of Walla Walla (1989.05.16 – 1996.12.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1989.05.16 – 1996.12.31)

Bishop of Bismarck (USA) (1996.12.31 – 2011.10.19)

Bishop John Francis Kinney
(1982.06.28 – 1995.05.09)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1937.06.11 (Oelwein, IA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1963.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.01.25
Died:	2019.09.27 (Saint Cloud, MN, USA † 82)

Titular Bishop of Caorle (1976.11.09 – 1982.06.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1976.11.09 – 1982.06.28)

Bishop of Bismarck (USA) (1982.06.28 – 1995.05.09)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1995.05.09 – 2013.09.20)

Bishop Hilary Baumann Hacker
(1956.12.29 – 1982.06.28)

Omnia mea tua

Born:	1913.01.10 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1938.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.02.27
Died:	1990.11.06 († 77)

Bishop of Bismarck (USA) (1956.12.29 – 1982.06.28)

Bishop Lambert Anthony Hoch
(1952.01.23 – 1956.11.27)

Adjuva me Domine

Born:	1903.02.06 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1928.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.03.25
Died:	1990.06.27 († 87)

Bishop of Bismarck (USA) (1952.01.23 – 1956.11.27)

Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1956.11.27 – 1978.06.13)

Bishop Vincent James Ryan
(1940.03.19 – 1951.11.10)

Born:	1884.07.01 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1912.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.05.28
Died:	1951.11.10 († 67)

Bishop of Bismarck (USA) (1940.03.19 – 1951.11.10)

Bishop John Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle, O.S.B.
(1910.04.09 – 1939.12.11)

Born:	1855.12.19 (Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1882.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.05.19
Died:	1941.11.02 († 85)

Bishop of Bismarck (USA) (1910.04.09 – 1939.12.11)

Titular Bishop of Teos (1939.12.11 – 1941.11.02)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Bismarck, North Dakota
Pro-Cathedral: Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (94)

Great Falls–Billings (←), Regina (↖), Fargo (→), Sioux Falls (↘), Rapid City (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 88,754 km²

Population: 60,469 Catholics (17.4% of 347,876 total)

Pastoral Centres: 93 parishes

Personnel: 81 priests (71 diocesan, 10 religious), 87 deacons, 97 religious (30 brothers, 67 sisters), 11 seminarians