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Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph Dioecesis Kansanopolitanae-Sancti Josephi
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Kansas City
Basic information
Location	Kansas City, Missouri
Territory	Northern & Western Missouri
Population	143,500 Catholics [1]
Rite	Latin Rite
Patron	Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Saint Louis
Established	July 2, 1956
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Kansas City, Missouri)
Bishop	Bishop of Kansas City-St Joseph
Website	Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph
Current leadership
Diocesan Bishop	Robert Willian Finn Bishop of Kansas City-St Joseph

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the state of Missouri in the United States, erected on September 10, 1880, as the Diocese of Kansas City, with territories taken from the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Its first bishop was John Joseph Hogan. On July 2, 1956, the diocese incorporated the territory of the Diocese of Saint Joseph, giving the Diocese its current name; it now covers 15,429 square miles in northern and western Missouri.

The bishop is Robert Willian Finn, since May 2005.

List of bishops

• John Joseph Hogan (1880 - 1913)
• Thomas Francis Lillis (1913 - 1938)
• Edwin Vincent O'Hara (1939 - 1956)
• John Patrick Cody (1956 - 1961)
• Charles Herman Helmsing (1962 - 1977)
• John Joseph Sullivan (1977 - 1993)
• Raymond James Boland (1993 - 2005)
• Robert William Finn (2005 - present)

High schools

• Archbishop O'Hara High School, Kansas City
• Bishop LeBlond High School, St. Joseph
• Cristo Rey Kansas City High School, Kansas City
• Notre Dame de Sion, Kansas City
• Rockhurst High School, Kansas City
• St. Mary's High School, Independence
• Saint Pius X Catholic High School, Kansas City
• St. Teresa's Academy, Kansas City

References

1. ^ "Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph". http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkcmo.html.