Sep 242009
Also known as
- Diocese of Kansas City
- Diocese of Leavenworth
- Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains
- Vicariate Apostolic of Kansas
Founded
- 19 July 1850 by Pope Blessed Pius IX as the Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains
Elevated
- 22 May 1877 by Pope Blessed Pius IX to the Diocese of Leavenworth
- 9 August 1952 by Pope Pius XII to an Archdiocese
Additional Information
- Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
- Archdiocese Twitter
- Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
- The Leaven (diocesan newspaper)
- Patron Saints of the Archdiocese
Notes
Name changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Kansas in 1857. Name changed to the Diocese of Kansas City, Kansas on 22 May 1891, back to the Diocese of Leavenworth on 5 March 1897, and then to the Diocese of Kansas City on 10 May 1947.