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Diocese of

Rapid City

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 11,327 km²

Population: 31,600 Catholics (12.8% of 246,200 total) (2014)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Neighbouring Dioceses: Cheyenne (↙), Great Falls–Billings (↖), Bismarck (↑), Sioux Falls (→), Omaha (↘), Grand Island (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Statistics: 83 parishes, 4 missions, 52 priests (38 diocesan, 14 religious), 29 deacons, 50 lay religious (17 brothers, 33 sisters), 9 seminarians (2014)

Address: 606 Cathedral Dr., P.O. Box 678, Rapid City, SD 57709-0678, USA

Phone: +1 (605) 343-3541

Websites:

History

1930.08.01: Established as Diocese of Rapid City / Rapidopolitan(us) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Lead)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Rapid City, South Dakota
Former Cathedral: St. Patrick’s Church, Lead, South Dakota
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

All Churches (85)

Cheyenne (↙), Great Falls–Billings (↖), Bismarck (↑), Sioux Falls (→), Omaha (↘), Grand Island (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.05.26 – ...):

Bishop Robert Dwayne Gruss (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rapid City (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert Dwayne Gruss (61)
(2011.05.26 – ...)

Bishop of Rapid City (USA)

No greater love

Born:	1955.06.25 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1994.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.07.28

Bishop of Rapid City (USA) (2011.05.26 – ...)

Bishop Blase Joseph Cupich (67) (later Archbishop)
(1998.07.06 – 2010.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA)

Peace be with you

Born:	1949.03.19 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1975.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.09.21

Bishop of Rapid City (USA) (1998.07.06 – 2010.06.30)

Bishop of Spokane (USA) (2010.06.30 – 2014.09.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) (2014.09.20 – ...)

Bishop Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. (71) (later Archbishop)
(1988.04.11 – 1997.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA)

As Christ loved the Church

Born:	1944.09.26 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1970.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.07.26

Bishop of Rapid City (USA) (1988.04.11 – 1997.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA) (1997.03.18 – 2011.07.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (2011.07.19 – ...)

Bishop Harold Joseph Dimmerling
(1969.09.11 – 1987.12.13)

Born:	1914.09.23 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1940.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.10.30
Died:	1987.12.13 († 73)

Bishop of Rapid City (USA) (1969.09.11 – 1987.12.13)

Bishop William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R.
(1948.03.11 – 1969.09.11)

Deus det nobis pacem

Born:	1889.08.11 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1915.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.01.25
Died:	1972.09.14 († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate of United States of America (USA) (1943.01.02 – 1947.04.10)

Titular Bishop of Anæa (1943.01.02 – 1948.03.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Rapid City (USA) (1947.04.10 – 1948.03.11)

Bishop of Rapid City (USA) (1948.03.11 – 1969.09.11)

Titular Bishop of Rotdon (1969.09.11 – 1971.01.13)

Bishop John Jeremiah Lawler
(1930.08.01 – 1948.03.11)

Deus providebit

Born:	1862.08.04 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1885.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.05.19
Died:	1948.03.11 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Hermopolis maior (1910.02.08 – 1916.01.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul (USA) (1910.02.08 – 1916.01.29)

Bishop of Lead (1916.01.29 – 1930.08.01)

Bishop of Rapid City (USA) (1930.08.01 – 1948.03.11)

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Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R. (1947.04.10 – 1948.03.11)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Leo Ferdinand Dworschak (1946.06.22 – 1947.04.10)

as of 2016.09.12

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