Diocese of Salina, USA 🇺🇸

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Salina / Salinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kansas City

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Perpetual Help (June 27), Saint Francis of Assisi (October 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 19

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1944.12.23: Established as Diocese of Salina / Salinen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Concordia and became suffragan of Saint Louis)
1952.08.09: Became suffragan of Kansas City

Contact Info

Address: 103 N Ninth, P.O. Box 980, Salina, KS 67402-0980, USA

Phone: +1 (785) 827-8746

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.06.13 – ...):

Bishop Gerald Lee Vincke (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Salina (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerald Lee Vincke (61)
(2018.06.13 – ...)

Bishop of Salina (USA)

Rich in mercy

Born:	1964.07.09 (Saginaw, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1999.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.08.22

Priest of Lansing (USA) (1999.06.12 – 2018.06.13)

Bishop of Salina (USA) (2018.06.13 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Dodge City (USA) (2021.02.08 – 2022.03.23)

Bishop Edward Joseph Weisenburger (64) (later Archbishop)
(2012.02.06 – 2017.10.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA)
Ecclesiastical Superior of Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands)

Ecce Agnus Dei

Born:	1960.12.23 (Alton, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1987.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.05.01

Priest of Oklahoma City (USA) (1987.12.19 – 2012.02.06)

Bishop of Salina (USA) (2012.02.06 – 2017.10.03)

Bishop of Tucson (USA) (2017.10.03 – 2025.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA) (2025.02.11 – ...)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands) (2025.02.11 – ...)

Bishop Paul Stagg Coakley (70) (later Archbishop)
(2004.10.21 – 2010.12.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Oklahoma City (USA)
President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Duc in altum

Born:	1955.06.03 (Norfolk, VA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1983.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.12.28

Priest of Wichita (USA) (1983.05.21 – 2004.10.21)

Bishop of Salina (USA) (2004.10.21 – 2010.12.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Oklahoma City (USA) (2010.12.16 – ...)

President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (2025.11.11 – ...)

Bishop George Kinzie Fitzsimons
(1984.03.28 – 2004.10.21)

Born:	1928.09.04 (Kansas City, MO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1961.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.07.03
Died:	2013.07.28 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Pertusa (1975.05.20 – 1984.03.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA) (1975.05.20 – 1984.03.28)

Bishop of Salina (USA) (1984.03.28 – 2004.10.21)

Bishop Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. (later Archbishop)
(1980.03.05 – 1983.12.20)

Benedicite Domino

Born:	1923.05.07 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1949.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.07.21
Died:	2017.05.30 (Dubuque, IA, USA † 94)

Titular Bishop of Natchez (1977.06.06 – 1980.03.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA) (1977.06.06 – 1980.03.05)

Bishop of Salina (USA) (1980.03.05 – 1983.12.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1983.12.20 – 1995.10.16)

Bishop Cyril John Vogel
(1965.04.14 – 1979.10.04)

Born:	1905.01.15 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1931.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.06.17
Died:	1979.10.04 (Salina, KS, USA † 74)

Bishop of Salina (USA) (1965.04.14 – 1979.10.04)

Bishop Frederick William Freking
(1957.10.10 – 1964.12.30)

Born:	1913.08.11 (Huron Lake, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1938.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.11.30
Died:	1998.11.28 (La Crosse, WI, USA † 85)

Bishop of Salina (USA) (1957.10.10 – 1964.12.30)

Bishop of La Crosse (USA) (1964.12.30 – 1983.05.10)

Bishop Francis Augustine Thill
(1944.12.23 – 1957.05.21)

Born:	1893.10.12 (Dayton, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1920.02.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.10.28
Died:	1957.05.21 († 63)

Bishop of Concordia (USA) (1938.08.24 – 1944.12.23)

Bishop of Salina (USA) (1944.12.23 – 1957.05.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Salina, Kansas
Former Cathedral: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Concordia, Kansas
Minor Basilica: Basilica of St. Fidelis, Victoria, Kansas
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (87)

Dodge City (↙), Colorado Springs (←), Denver (↖), Lincoln (↑), Kansas City (→), Wichita (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 69,114 km²

Population: 38,916 Catholics (12.0% of 325,345 total)

Pastoral Centres: 85 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 74 priests (55 diocesan, 19 religious), 19 deacons, 82 religious (20 brothers, 62 sisters), 10 seminarians