Diocese of Sioux Falls, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sioux Falls / Siouxormen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 1

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1879.08.12: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Dakota (from Diocese of Saint Paul and became suffragan of Saint Louis)
1888.05.04: Became suffragan of Saint Paul
1889.11.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Jamestown
1889.11.12: Promoted as Diocese of Sioux Falls / Siouxormen(sis) (Latin)
1902.08.04: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Lead

Contact Info

Address: 523 N Duluth Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57104, USA

Phone: +1 (605) 334-9861

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.12.12 – ...):	Bishop Donald Edward DeGrood (60)
Apostolic Administrator sede plena (2025.05.01 – ...):	Bishop Donald Joseph Kettler (80) Bishop emeritus of Saint Cloud (USA)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sioux Falls (Roman Rite)

Bishop Donald Joseph Kettler (80)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2025.05.01 – ...)

Bishop Donald Edward DeGrood (60)
(2019.12.12 – ...)

Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA)

God is love

Born:	1965.02.14 (Faribault, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1997.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.02.13

Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1997.05.31 – 2019.12.12)

Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (2019.12.12 – ...)

Bishop Paul Joseph Swain
(2006.08.31 – 2019.12.12)

Confitemini Domino

Born:	1943.09.12 (Newark, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1988.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.10.26
Died:	2022.11.26 (Sioux Falls, SD, USA † 79)

Priest of Madison (USA) (1988.05.27 – 2006.08.31)

Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (2006.08.31 – 2019.12.12)

Bishop Robert James Carlson (80) (later Archbishop)
(1995.03.21 – 2004.12.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Saint Louis (USA)

Ante crucem nihil defensionis

Born:	1944.06.30 (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1970.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.01.11

Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1970.05.23 – 1983.11.19)

Titular Bishop of Avioccala (1983.11.19 – 1994.01.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1983.11.19 – 1994.01.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1994.01.13 – 1995.03.21)

Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1995.03.21 – 2004.12.29)

Bishop of Saginaw (USA) (2004.12.29 – 2009.04.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA) (2009.04.21 – 2020.06.10)

Bishop Paul Vincent Dudley
(1978.11.06 – 1995.03.21)

Born:	1926.11.27 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.01.25
Died:	2006.11.20 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Ursona (1976.11.09 – 1978.11.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1976.11.09 – 1978.11.06)

Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1978.11.06 – 1995.03.21)

Bishop Lambert Anthony Hoch
(1956.11.27 – 1978.06.13)

Adjuva me Domine

Born:	1903.02.06 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1928.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.03.25
Died:	1990.06.27 († 87)

Bishop of Bismarck (USA) (1952.01.23 – 1956.11.27)

Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1956.11.27 – 1978.06.13)

Bishop William Otterwell Brady (later Archbishop)
(1939.06.10 – 1956.06.16)

Justitia pax gaudium

Born:	1899.02.01 (Fall River, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1923.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.08.24
Died:	1961.10.01 († 62)

Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1939.06.10 – 1956.06.16)

Titular Archbishop of Selymbria (1956.06.16 – 1956.10.11)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA) (1956.06.16 – 1956.10.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA) (1956.10.11 – 1961.10.01)

Bishop Bernard Joseph Mahoney
(1922.05.24 – 1939.03.20)

Born:	1875.07.24 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1904.02.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.06.29
Died:	1939.03.20 († 63)

Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1922.05.24 – 1939.03.20)

Bishop Thomas O’Gorman
(1896.01.24 – 1921.09.18)

Pro ovibus

Born:	1843.05.01 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1865.11.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.04.19
Died:	1921.09.18 († 78)

Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1896.01.24 – 1921.09.18)

Bishop Martin Marty, O.S.B.
(1889.11.12 – 1895.01.21)

Born:	1834.01.12 (Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1856.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1880.02.01
Died:	1896.09.19 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1879.08.11 – 1889.11.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Dakota (USA) (1879.08.11 – 1889.11.12)

Bishop of Sioux Falls (USA) (1889.11.12 – 1895.01.21)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1895.01.21 – 1896.09.19)

Vicars Apostolic of Dakota (Roman Rite)

Bishop Martin Marty, O.S.B.
(1879.08.11 – 1889.11.12)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Robert James Carlson (80) (later Archbishop) (1994.01.13 – 1995.03.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Francis Anderson (1982.08.17 – 1987.01.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Joseph Cathedral, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Churches by City (150)

Rapid City (←), Bismarck (↖), Fargo (↑), Saint Cloud (↗), New Ulm (→), Winona–Rochester (→), Sioux City (↘), Omaha (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 90,866 km²

Population: 108,000 Catholics (16.7% of 646,438 total)

Pastoral Centres: 119 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 110 priests (diocesan), 52 deacons, 210 religious (1 brother, 209 sisters), 14 seminarians