Diocese of Lincoln, USA 🇺🇸

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Lincoln / Lincolnen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Omaha

Neighbouring Dioceses: Denver (←), Grand Island (↖), Omaha (↑), Des Moines (↗), Kansas City–Saint Joseph (↘), Kansas City (↘), Salina (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 18

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1887.08.02: Established as Diocese of Lincoln / Lincolnen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Omaha and became suffragan of Saint Louis)
1893.06.15: Became suffragan of Dubuque
1945.08.04: Became suffragan of Omaha

Contact Info

Address: 3400 Sheridan Blvd., P.O. Box 80328, Lincoln, NE 68501, USA

Phone: +1 (402) 488-0921

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.09.14 – ...):

Bishop James Douglas Conley (71)

Monsignors (30)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lincoln (Roman Rite)

Archbishop George Joseph Lucas (77)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2019.12.13 – 2020.11.13)

Bishop James Douglas Conley (71)
(2012.09.14 – ...)

Bishop of Lincoln (USA)

Cor ad cor loquitur

Born:	1955.03.19 (Kansas City, MO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1985.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.05.30

Priest of Wichita (USA) (1985.05.18 – 2008.04.10)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2001.02.09 – 2008.04.10)

Titular Bishop of Cissa (2008.04.10 – 2012.09.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Denver (USA) (2008.04.10 – 2012.09.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Denver (USA) (2011.09.08 – 2012.05.29)

Bishop of Lincoln (USA) (2012.09.14 – ...)

Bishop Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz (90)
(1992.03.24 – 2012.09.14)

Bishop emeritus of Lincoln (USA)

Sub tuum præsidium

Born:	1935.09.06 (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1960.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.05.13

Priest of Milwaukee (USA) (1960.07.17 – 1992.03.24)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1976.04.09 – 1980.06.19)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1980.06.19 – 1992.03.24)

Bishop of Lincoln (USA) (1992.03.24 – 2012.09.14)

Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin
(1967.05.29 – 1992.03.24)

Ut Christus regnet

Born:	1916.03.02 (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1941.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.05.30
Died:	1995.08.26 (Denton, NE, USA † 79)

Priest of Saint Louis (USA) (1941.12.20 – 1957.04.17)

Titular Bishop of Ioannina (1957.04.17 – 1967.05.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1957.04.17 – 1967.05.29)

Bishop of Lincoln (USA) (1967.05.29 – 1992.03.24)

Bishop James Vincent Casey (later Archbishop)
(1957.06.14 – 1967.02.18)

Born:	1914.09.22 (Osage, IA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1939.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.04.24
Died:	1986.03.14 (Denver, CO, USA † 71)

Priest of Dubuque (USA) (1939.12.08 – 1957.04.05)

Titular Bishop of Citium (1957.04.05 – 1957.06.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lincoln (USA) (1957.04.05 – 1957.06.14)

Bishop of Lincoln (USA) (1957.06.14 – 1967.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA) (1967.02.18 – 1986.03.14)

Bishop Louis Benedict Kucera
(1930.06.30 – 1957.05.09)

Omnibus prodesse

Born:	1888.08.24 (Wheatland, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1915.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.10.28
Died:	1957.05.09 (Lincoln, NE, USA † 68)

Priest of Dubuque (USA) (1915.06.08 – 1930.06.30)

Bishop of Lincoln (USA) (1930.06.30 – 1957.05.09)

Bishop Francis Joseph Beckman (later Archbishop)
(1923.12.23 – 1930.01.17)

Born:	1875.10.25 (Cincinnati, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1902.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.05.01
Died:	1948.10.17 (Chicago, IL, USA † 72)

Priest of Cincinnati (USA) (1902.06.20 – 1923.12.23)

Bishop of Lincoln (USA) (1923.12.23 – 1930.01.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1930.01.17 – 1946.11.11)

Titular Archbishop of Phulli (1946.11.11 – 1948.10.17)

Bishop Charles Joseph O’Reilly
(1918.03.20 – 1923.02.04)

In Domino confido

Born:	1860.01.04 (Carleton, NB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1890.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.08.25
Died:	1923.02.04 (Lincoln, NE, USA † 63)

Priest of Portland in Oregon (USA) (1890.06.29 – 1903.06.25)

Bishop of Baker City (USA) (1903.06.25 – 1918.03.20)

Bishop of Lincoln (USA) (1918.03.20 – 1923.02.04)

Bishop John Henry Tihen
(1911.05.12 – 1917.09.21)

Born:	1861.07.14 (Oldenburg, IN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1886.04.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.07.06
Died:	1940.01.14 (Wichita, KS, USA † 78)

Priest of Saint Louis (USA) (1886.04.26 – 1888)

Priest of Wichita (USA) (1888 – 1911.05.12)

Bishop of Lincoln (USA) (1911.05.12 – 1917.09.21)

Bishop of Denver (USA) (1917.09.21 – 1931.01.06)

Titular Bishop of Bosana (1931.01.06 – 1940.01.14)

Bishop Thomas Bonacum
(1887.08.09 – 1911.02.04)

Born:	1847.01.29 (Penane, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1870.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.11.30
Died:	1911.02.04 (Lincoln, NE, USA † 64)

Priest of Saint Louis (USA) (1870.06.18 – 1887.08.09)

Bishop of Lincoln (USA) (1887.08.09 – 1911.02.04)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Vincent Casey (later Archbishop) (1957.04.05 – 1957.06.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Risen Lord, Lincoln, Nebraska
Former Cathedral: St. Mary’s Church, Lincoln, Nebraska
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Churches by City (140)

Denver (←), Grand Island (↖), Omaha (↑), Des Moines (↗), Kansas City–Saint Joseph (↘), Kansas City (↘), Salina (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 61,756 km²

Population: 95,000 Catholics (15.2% of 624,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 134 parishes, 8 missions

Personnel: 173 priests (163 diocesan, 10 religious), 2 deacons, 219 religious (97 brothers, 122 sisters), 25 seminarians