Diocese of Grand Island, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Grand Island (English) / Insulæ Grandis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Omaha

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (September 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 5

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1917.04.11: Established as Diocese of Grand Island (English) / Insulæ Grandis (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Kearney and became suffragan of Dubuque)
1945.08.04: Became suffragan of Omaha

Contact Info

Address: 2708 Old Fair Rd., P.O. Box 1531, Grand Island, NE 68803, USA

Phone: +1 (308) 382-6565

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.01.14 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Grand Island (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt (66)
(2015.01.14 – ...)

Bishop of Grand Island (USA)

Remain in me

Born:	1958.04.25 (Creighton, NE, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1984.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.03.19

Priest of Omaha (USA) (1984.07.14 – 2015.01.14)

Bishop of Grand Island (USA) (2015.01.14 – ...)

Bishop William Joseph Dendinger (85)
(2004.10.14 – 2015.01.14)

Bishop emeritus of Grand Island (USA)

Justice with mercy

Born:	1939.05.20 (Coleridge, NE, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1965.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.12.13

Priest of Omaha (USA) (1965.05.29 – 2004.10.14)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1994.04.18 – 2004.10.14)

Bishop of Grand Island (USA) (2004.10.14 – 2015.01.14)

Bishop Lawrence James McNamara
(1978.01.10 – 2004.10.14)

Born:	1928.08.05 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1953.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.03.28
Died:	2004.12.17 († 76)

Bishop of Grand Island (USA) (1978.01.10 – 2004.10.14)

Bishop John Joseph Sullivan
(1972.07.25 – 1977.06.27)

Born:	1920.07.05 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1944.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.09.19
Died:	2001.02.11 († 80)

Bishop of Grand Island (USA) (1972.07.25 – 1977.06.27)

Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA) (1977.06.27 – 1993.06.22)

Bishop John Linus Paschang
(1951.07.28 – 1972.07.25)

Born:	1895.10.05 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1921.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.10.09
Died:	1999.03.21 († 103)

Bishop of Grand Island (USA) (1951.07.28 – 1972.07.25)

Bishop Edward Joseph Hunkeler (later Archbishop)
(1945.03.10 – 1951.03.31)

Born:	1894.01.01 (Medicine Lodge, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1919.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.05.01
Died:	1970.10.01 († 76)

Bishop of Grand Island (USA) (1945.03.10 – 1951.03.31)

Bishop of Kansas City (USA) (1951.03.31 – 1952.08.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA) (1952.08.09 – 1969.09.10)

Titular Archbishop of Selsey (1969.09.04 – 1970.10.01)

Bishop Stanislaus Vincent Bona
(1931.12.18 – 1944.12.02)

Born:	1888.10.01 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1912.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.02.25
Died:	1967.12.01 († 79)

Bishop of Grand Island (USA) (1931.12.18 – 1944.12.02)

Titular Bishop of Mela (1944.12.02 – 1945.03.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1944.12.02 – 1945.03.03)

Bishop of Green Bay (USA) (1945.03.03 – 1967.12.01)

Bishop James Albert Duffy
(1917.04.11 – 1931.05.07)

Soli Deo gloria

Born:	1873.09.13 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1899.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.04.16
Died:	1968.02.12 († 94)

Bishop of Kearney (USA) (1913.01.25 – 1917.04.11)

Bishop of Grand Island (USA) (1917.04.11 – 1931.05.07)

Titular Bishop of Silandus (1931.05.07 – 1968.02.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Grand Island, Nebraska
Former Cathedral (now secular): Former Cathedral of St. James, Kearney, Nebraska

Churches by City (73)

Denver (↙), Cheyenne (←), Rapid City (↑), Omaha (→), Lincoln (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 108,800 km²

Population: 48,363 Catholics (16.7% of 288,741 total)

Pastoral Centres: 67 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 53 priests (52 diocesan, 1 religious), 19 deacons, 20 religious (1 brother, 19 sisters), 6 seminarians