Diocese of Sioux City
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Diocese of Sioux City Dioecesis Siopolitanensis |
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The coat of arms of the Diocese of Sioux City
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | 24 Counties in the Northwest quadrant of Iowa |
| Ecclesiastical province | Dubuque |
| Metropolitan | Michael Owen Jackels |
| Coordinates | 42°30′02″N 96°24′23″W / 42.50056°N 96.40639°WCoordinates: 42°30′02″N 96°24′23″W / 42.50056°N 96.40639°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 14,518 sq mi (37,600 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 502,800 100,300 (19.9%) |
| Parishes | 111 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | January 15, 1902 (115 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Epiphany |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | R. Walker Nickless |
| Emeritus Bishops | Lawrence Donald Soens |
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| Website | |
| www.scdiocese.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City (Latin: Dioecesis Siopolitanensis) is the Roman Catholic diocese for the northwestern quarter of the US state of Iowa. The diocese comprises 24 counties in northwestern Iowa, and it covers an area of 14,518 square miles (37,600 km2). The See city for the diocese is Sioux City. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. The cathedral parish for this diocese is the Epiphany. R. Walker Nickless was ordained as bishop of Sioux City on 20 January 2006.
The Diocese of Sioux City was established by a decree of Pope Leo XIII on Jan. 15, 1902, by the separation of 24 counties in northwest Iowa from the territory of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. At the time of its establishment, the Diocese of Sioux City had a Catholic population of 50,000. There were at that time 95 priests in 84 parishes and 32 missions.
The Diocese of Sioux City belongs to the ecclesiastical Province of Iowa with Dubuque as the See City of the Archdiocese and with sister dioceses in Davenport and Des Moines. Each of these jurisdictions is a ‘particular’ or ‘local’ Church with an Ordinary, or bishop, appointed by the Pope.
Pope Leo XIII named Irishman Philip J. Garrigan, a priest of the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts, as first Bishop of Sioux City. At the time of his appointment Garrigan was serving as Vice-rector of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Following his installation in Sioux City on June 18, 1902, Bishop Garrigan named the former St. Mary’s Church in Sioux City as the Cathedral Church of the Diocese. With permission from the Holy See he renamed this church the Cathedral of the Epiphany. Bishop Garrigan carried on an extensive visitation of all the parishes of the diocese. When his health declined toward the end of 1918 he asked Pope Benedict XV for an Auxiliary or a Coadjutor Bishop; the Pope appointed Irishman Edmond Heelan as Auxiliary Bishop, ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Dubuque, then serving as pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Fort Dodge. Following his consecration Bishop Heelan was named pastor of the Cathedral of the Epiphany and after the death of Bishop Garrigan Oct. 14, 1919, Bishop Heelan was appointed as the second Bishop of Sioux City.
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