Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kansas City, USA

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2005.01.15 – ...):

Archbishop Joseph Fred Naumann (74)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kansas City (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Joseph Fred Naumann (74)
(2005.01.15 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA)

Born:	1949.06.04 (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1975.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.09.03

Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla (1997.07.08 – 2004.01.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1997.07.08 – 2004.01.07)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Kansas City (USA) (2004.01.07 – 2005.01.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA) (2005.01.15 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (USA) (2015.04.21 – 2015.09.15)

Archbishop James Patrick Keleher (91)
(1993.06.28 – 2005.01.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kansas City (USA)

Born:	1931.07.31 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1958.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.12.11

Bishop of Belleville (USA) (1984.10.23 – 1993.06.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA) (1993.06.28 – 2005.01.15)

Archbishop Ignatius Jerome Strecker
(1969.09.10 – 1993.06.28)

Born:	1917.11.23 (Spearville, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.06.20
Died:	2003.10.16 († 85)

Bishop of Springfield–Cape Girardeau (USA) (1962.04.11 – 1969.09.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA) (1969.09.10 – 1993.06.28)

Archbishop Edward Joseph Hunkeler
(1952.08.09 – 1969.09.10)

Born:	1894.01.01 (Medicine Lodge, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1919.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.05.01
Died:	1970.10.01 († 76)

Bishop of Grand Island (USA) (1945.03.10 – 1951.03.31)

Bishop of Kansas City (USA) (1951.03.31 – 1952.08.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City (USA) (1952.08.09 – 1969.09.10)

Titular Archbishop of Selsey (1969.09.04 – 1970.10.01)

Bishops of Kansas City (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edward Joseph Hunkeler (later Archbishop)
(1951.03.31 – 1952.08.09)

(see above)

Bishop George Joseph Donnelly
(1947.05.10 – 1950.12.13)

Born:	1889.04.23 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1921.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.04.23
Died:	1950.12.13 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Cœla (1940.03.19 – 1946.11.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1940.03.19 – 1946.11.09)

Bishop of Leavenworth (1946.11.09 – 1947.05.10)

Bishop of Kansas City (USA) (1947.05.10 – 1950.12.13)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Joseph Fred Naumann (74) (2004.01.07 – 2005.01.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Marion Francis Forst (1976.10.16 – 1986.12.23)

Tweets

Contact Info

Address: 12615 Parallel Pkwy., Kansas City, KS 66109, USA

Phone: +1 (913) 721-1570

Websites:

Statistics

Area: 32,437 km²

Population: 184,702 Catholics (13.2% of 1,400,090 total) (2020)

Statistics: 107 parishes, 7 missions, 167 priests (117 diocesan, 50 religious), 63 deacons, 436 lay religious (77 brothers, 359 sisters), 21 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8), Saint John Vianney (August 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 31

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1947.05.10: Established as Diocese of Kansas City / Kansas City in Kansas / Kansanopolitan(us) in Kansas (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Leavenworth and became suffragan of Saint Louis)
1952.08.09: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kansas City / Kansas City in Kansas / Kansanopolitan(us) in Kansas (Latin) (with suffragan sees Dodge City, Salina and Wichita)