Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kansas City, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Kansas City / Kansas City in Kansas / Kansanopolitan(us) in Kansas (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Dodge City, Salina, Wichita

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8), Saint John Vianney (August 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 31

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1947.05.10: Established as Diocese of Kansas City / Kansas City in Kansas / Kansanopolitan(us) in Kansas (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Leavenworth and became suffragan of Saint Louis)
1952.08.09: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kansas City / Kansas City in Kansas / Kansanopolitan(us) in Kansas (Latin) (with suffragan sees Dodge City, Salina and Wichita)

Contact Info

Address: 12615 Parallel Pkwy., Kansas City, KS 66109, USA

Phone: +1 (913) 721-1570

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2025.04.08 – ...):

Archbishop William Shawn McKnight (56)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kansas City (Roman Rite)

Archbishop William Shawn McKnight (56)
(2025.04.08 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA)

Gratias agamus Domino

Born:	1968.06.26 (Wichita, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1994.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.02.06

Priest of Wichita (USA) (1994.05.28 – 2017.11.21)

Bishop of Jefferson City (USA) (2017.11.21 – 2025.04.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA) (2025.04.08 – ...)

Archbishop Joseph Fred Naumann (75)
(2005.01.15 – 2025.04.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kansas City (USA)

Vitæ victoria erit

Born:	1949.06.04 (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1975.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.09.03

Priest of Saint Louis (USA) (1975.05.24 – 1997.07.08)

Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla (1997.07.08 – 2004.01.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1997.07.08 – 2004.01.07)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Kansas City (USA) (2004.01.07 – 2005.01.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA) (2005.01.15 – 2025.04.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA) (2015.04.21 – 2015.09.15)

Archbishop James Patrick Keleher
(1993.06.28 – 2005.01.15)

One body one spirit

Born:	1931.07.31 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1958.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.12.11
Died:	2024.11.09 (Olathe, KS, USA † 93)

Priest of Chicago (USA) (1958.04.12 – 1984.10.23)

Bishop of Belleville (USA) (1984.10.23 – 1993.06.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA) (1993.06.28 – 2005.01.15)

Archbishop Ignatius Jerome Strecker
(1969.09.10 – 1993.06.28)

Born:	1917.11.23 (Spearville, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.06.20
Died:	2003.10.16 († 85)

Bishop of Springfield–Cape Girardeau (USA) (1962.04.11 – 1969.09.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA) (1969.09.10 – 1993.06.28)

Archbishop Edward Joseph Hunkeler
(1952.08.09 – 1969.09.10)

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)

Bishops of Kansas City (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edward Joseph Hunkeler (later Archbishop)
(1951.03.31 – 1952.08.09)

(see above)

Bishop George Joseph Donnelly
(1947.05.10 – 1950.12.13)

Born:	1889.04.23 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1921.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.04.23
Died:	1950.12.13 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Cœla (1940.03.19 – 1946.11.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1940.03.19 – 1946.11.09)

Bishop of Leavenworth (USA) (1946.11.09 – 1947.05.10)

Bishop of Kansas City (USA) (1947.05.10 – 1950.12.13)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Joseph Fred Naumann (75) (2004.01.07 – 2005.01.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Marion Francis Forst (1976.10.16 – 1986.12.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Peter, Kansas City, Kansas
Former Cathedral: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Leavenworth, Kansas
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (125)

Wichita (↙), Salina (←), Lincoln (↖), Kansas City–Saint Joseph (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 32,437 km²

Population: 182,636 Catholics (13.1% of 1,398,300 total)

Pastoral Centres: 107 parishes, 6 missions

Personnel: 159 priests (115 diocesan, 44 religious), 61 deacons, 334 religious (63 brothers, 271 sisters), 25 seminarians