Diocese of

Jefferson City

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 57,287 km²

Population: 78,388 Catholics (8.5% of 919,083 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saint Louis

Patron Saint: Immaculate Heart of Mary

Statistics: 95 parishes, 100 priests (94 diocesan, 6 religious), 85 deacons, 43 lay religious (7 brothers, 36 sisters), 7 seminarians (2015)

Address: 2207 West Main St., P.O. Box 104900, Jefferson City, MO 65110-4900, USA

Phone: +1 (573) 635-9127

Website:

1956.07.02: Established as Diocese of Jefferson City / Civitatis Ieffersonien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Louis and Diocese of Kansas City, and from the suppressed Diocese of Saint Joseph)

Bishop (1997.06.25 – ...):

Bishop John Raymond Gaydos (74)

Bishops of Jefferson City (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Raymond Gaydos (74)
(1997.06.25 – ...)

Bishop of Jefferson City (USA)

Bishop of Jefferson City (USA) (1997.06.25 – ...)

Bishop Michael Francis McAuliffe
(1969.07.02 – 1997.06.25)

Bishop of Jefferson City (USA) (1969.07.02 – 1997.06.25)

Bishop Joseph Mary Marling, C.PP.S.
(1956.08.24 – 1969.07.02)

Titular Bishop of Thasus (1947.06.07 – 1956.08.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA) (1947.06.07 – 1956.08.24)

Bishop of Jefferson City (USA) (1956.08.24 – 1969.07.02)

Titular Bishop of Lesina (1969.07.02 – 1976.01.16)

as of 2017.09.14