Diocese of Jefferson City, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jefferson City / Civitatis Ieffersonien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saint Louis

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Heart of Mary

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 6

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

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

Contact Info

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

Phone: +1 (573) 635-9127

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.11.21 – ...):

Bishop William Shawn McKnight (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jefferson City (Roman Rite)

Bishop William Shawn McKnight (55)
(2017.11.21 – ...)

Bishop of Jefferson City (USA)

Gratias agamus Domino

Born:	1968.06.26 (Wichita, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1994.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.02.06

Priest of Wichita (USA) (1994.05.28 – 2017.11.21)

Bishop of Jefferson City (USA) (2017.11.21 – ...)

Bishop John Raymond Gaydos (80)
(1997.06.25 – 2017.11.21)

Bishop emeritus of Jefferson City (USA)

With a shepherd’s care

Born:	1943.08.14 (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1968.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.08.27

Priest of Saint Louis (USA) (1968.12.20 – 1997.06.25)

Bishop of Jefferson City (USA) (1997.06.25 – 2017.11.21)

Bishop Michael Francis McAuliffe
(1969.07.02 – 1997.06.25)

In truth and charity

Born:	1920.11.22 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1945.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.08.18
Died:	2006.01.09 († 85)

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

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

Per Sanguinem Crucis

Born:	1904.08.31 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1929.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.08.06
Died:	1979.10.02 († 75)

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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Joseph, Jefferson City, Missouri
Former Cathedral: Church of St. Peter, Jefferson City, Missouri
National Shrine: National Shrine of Mary, Mother of the Church, Laurie, Missouri
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (117)

Kansas City–Saint Joseph (←), Des Moines (↖), Davenport (↑), Peoria (↗), Springfield in Illinois (↗), Saint Louis (→), Springfield–Cape Girardeau (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 57,287 km²

Population: 74,757 Catholics (8.1% of 925,262 total)

Pastoral Centres: 92 parishes, 6 missions

Personnel: 98 priests (diocesan), 93 deacons, 20 religious (1 brother, 19 sisters), 7 seminarians