Diocese of Grand Island
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Diocese of Grand Island Dioecesis Insulae Grandis Diocese of Grand Island |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | 28 counties and the parts of Dawson, Lincoln and Keith counties north of the Platte River in Central and Western Nebraska |
| Ecclesiastical province | Omaha |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 42,000 sq mi (110,000 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2016) 320000 56,600 (17.7%%) |
| Parishes | 73 |
| Schools | 11 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 8, 1912 as the Diocese of Kearney; April 11, 1917 as the Diocese of Grand Island |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Patron saint | Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Secular priests | 63 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Joseph G. Hanefeldt |
| Emeritus Bishops | William Joseph Dendinger |
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| Website | |
| gidiocese.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island (Latin: Dioecesis Insulae Grandis) is a Latin (Roman Rite) diocese in Grand Island, Nebraska.
It is a suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha. The cathedral parish is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, its diocesan headquarters are at 2708 Old Fair Rd., P.O. Box 1531, Grand Island, NE 68802, USA.
The retired bishop of the diocese is Bishop Emeritus William Dendinger. The Rev. Msgr. Joseph G. Hanefeldt was announced as successor on January 14, 2015, and was installed on March 19th, 2015.
On January 6, 1857, Pope Pius IX established the Apostolic Vicariate of Nebraska in territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains.
On March 8, 1912, Pope Pius X established the Diocese of Kearney on territory taken from the then Diocese of Omaha, its present Metropolitan.
The diocese was enlarged with more territory from Omaha on May 13, 1916.
On April 11, 1917, the diocese was renamed when the see city was transferred to Grand Island.
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