Roman Catholic Diocese of Bismarck


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bismarck is a Roman Catholic diocese in North Dakota. The current bishop of the diocese is Bishop David Kagan. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The See city for the diocese is Bismarck. The Cathedral parish of the diocese is Cathedral of the Holy Spirit.

History

On December 31, 1909 Saint Pius X established the Diocese of Bismarck. Its territory was taken from the Diocese of Fargo.

List of accused clergy

On January 2, 2019, the Diocese of Bismark released the names of 22 Catholic clergy who, since 1950, were accused of committing acts of sex abuse while serving in the Diocese of Bishmark.

Bishops

The list of bishops of the diocese and their terms of service:
  1. John Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle, O.S.B.
  2. Vincent James Ryan
  3. Lambert Anthony Hoch, appointed Bishop of Sioux Falls
  4. Hilary Baumann Hacker
  5. John Francis Kinney, appointed Bishop of Saint Cloud
  6. Paul Albert Zipfel
  7. David D. Kagan

    Other priests of this diocese who became Bishops

The Bismarck diocese covers 23 western North Dakota counties, over 253,000 people, and over. The diocese ministers to approximately 66,400 Catholic church members.

Diocesan offices

The diocese has 17 offices, including: