Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina is a diocese of the Catholic Church covering thirty-one counties in Kansas. The episcopal see is in Salina, Kansas. It was founded as the Diocese of Concordia on August 2, 1887, and on December 23, 1944, was renamed Diocese of Salina.
On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, Pope Francis named Monsignor Gerald Lee Vincke, a priest of the Diocese of Lansing, who until then had been the parish priest of the Holy Family Parish, in Grand Blanc, Michigan, as the Bishop of the Diocese of Salina, to succeed Bishop Edward Weisenburger. He was installed as bishop on August 22, 2018.

Diocesan bishops

Bishops of Concordia

  1. Richard Scannell, appointed Bishop of Omaha
  2. Thaddeus J. Butler
  3. John F. Cunningham
  4. Francis Joseph Tief

    Bishops of Salina

  5. Francis Augustine Thill
  6. Frederick William Freking, appointed Bishop of La Crosse
  7. Cyril John Vogel
  8. Daniel Kucera, OSB, appointed Archbishop of Dubuque
  9. George Kinzie Fitzsimons
  10. Paul Stagg Coakley, appointed Archbishop of Oklahoma City
  11. Edward Joseph Weisenburger, appointed Bishop of Tucson
  12. Gerald Lee Vincke

    High schools