Diocese of Dodge City, USA 🇺🇸

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Dodge City / Dodgepolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kansas City

Neighbouring Dioceses: Pueblo (←), Colorado Springs (↖), Salina (↗), Wichita (→), Oklahoma City (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12), Saint John the Baptist (June 24)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 9

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1951.05.19: Established as Diocese of Dodge City / Dodgepolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Wichita and became suffragan of Saint Louis)
1952.08.09: Became suffragan of Kansas City

Contact Info

Address: 910 Central Ave., Box 137, Dodge City, KS 67801, USA

Phone: +1 (620) 227-1500

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.12.15 – ...):

Bishop John Balthasar Brungardt (68)

Monsignors (3)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Dodge City (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerald Lee Vincke (62)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2021.02.08 – 2022.03.23)

Bishop John Balthasar Brungardt (68)
(2010.12.15 – ...)

Bishop of Dodge City (USA)

Filled with compassion

Born:	1958.07.10 (Salina, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1998.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.02.02

Priest of Wichita (USA) (1998.05.23 – 2010.12.15)

Bishop of Dodge City (USA) (2010.12.15 – ...)

Bishop Ronald Michael Gilmore (84)
(1998.05.12 – 2010.12.15)

Bishop emeritus of Dodge City (USA)

Be still and know

Born:	1942.04.23 (Pittsburg, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.07.16

Priest of Wichita (USA) (1968.06.07 – 1998.05.12)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1998.03.04 – 1998.05.12)

Bishop of Dodge City (USA) (1998.05.12 – 2010.12.15)

Bishop Stanley Girard Schlarman
(1983.03.01 – 1998.05.12)

Who Is A Rock But Our God

Born:	1933.07.27 (Belleville, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1958.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.14
Died:	2025.04.28 (Mascoutah, IL, USA † 91)

Priest of Belleville (USA) (1958.07.13 – 1979.03.13)

Titular Bishop of Capri (1979.03.13 – 1983.03.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belleville (USA) (1979.03.13 – 1983.03.01)

Bishop of Dodge City (USA) (1983.03.01 – 1998.05.12)

Bishop Eugene John Gerber
(1976.10.16 – 1982.11.17)

Born:	1931.04.30 (Kingman, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1959.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.12.14
Died:	2018.09.29 (Wichita, KS, USA † 87)

Priest of Wichita (USA) (1959.05.19 – 1976.10.16)

Bishop of Dodge City (USA) (1976.10.16 – 1982.11.17)

Bishop of Wichita (USA) (1982.11.17 – 2001.10.04)

Bishop Marion Francis Forst
(1960.01.02 – 1976.10.16)

Born:	1910.09.03 (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1934.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.03.24
Died:	2007.06.02 (Olathe, KS, USA † 96)

Priest of Saint Louis (USA) (1934.06.10 – 1960.01.02)

Bishop of Dodge City (USA) (1960.01.02 – 1976.10.16)

Titular Bishop of Scala (1976.10.16 – 1986.12.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City (USA) (1976.10.16 – 1986.12.23)

Titular Bishop of Leavenworth (1995.09.23 – 2007.06.02)

Bishop John Baptist Franz
(1951.05.27 – 1959.08.08)

Fide et fortitudine

Born:	1896.10.29 (Springfield, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1920.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.08.29
Died:	1992.07.03 (Peoria, IL, USA † 95)

Priest of Springfield in Illinois (USA) (1920.06.13 – 1951.05.27)

Bishop of Dodge City (USA) (1951.05.27 – 1959.08.08)

Bishop of Peoria (USA) (1959.08.08 – 1971.05.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dodge City, Kansas
Former Cathedral: Former Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Dodge City, Kansas

Churches by City (52)

Pueblo (←), Colorado Springs (↖), Salina (↗), Wichita (→), Oklahoma City (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 59,547 km²

Population: 54,672 Catholics (26.5% of 206,129 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes

Personnel: 35 priests (31 diocesan, 4 religious), 6 deacons, 39 religious (4 brothers, 35 sisters), 3 seminarians