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Catholic Diocese of Wichita

Catholic Diocese of Wichita. 125 Years as a Diocese Established August 2, 1887. Lord Baltimore. Bishop John Carroll. Population Growth of Catholic America 1790-1865 1790 : 25,000 to 50,000 1% 1830 : 1,750,000 1840 : 3,500,000 12%

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Catholic Diocese of Wichita

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  1. Catholic Diocese of Wichita 125 Years as a Diocese Established August 2, 1887

  2. LordBaltimore

  3. Bishop John Carroll

  4. Population Growth of Catholic America 1790-1865 1790: 25,000 to 50,000 1% 1830: 1,750,000 1840: 3,500,000 12% Between 1830-1860 it is estimated 5,000,000 people immigrated from mostly western Europe (40% from Ireland; 30% from Germany) Nearly all the Irish were Catholic About 75% of the Germans were Catholic 1865: 33,000,000 12%

  5. FatherJuan De Padilla

  6. 1st Catholic Church St. Louis, Missouri

  7. Bishop Louis William DuBourg

  8. The Early Church • in America • The New World, the Maryland Colony and English Penal Laws • Beginning of the formal structure of the Catholic Church in the United States • Beginnings of the Catholic faith in the Territory • The French and the impact of St. Louis

  9. Father Jacques Marquette Father Charles de la Croix

  10. ChouteauCountry

  11. ChouteauCountry

  12. St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

  13. Indian Missions • in Kansas • 1673 - 1830 • Fathers Jacques Marquette, Charles de la Croix and Charles Van Quickenborne • 1836 – 1840 • Sacred Heart Mission – Kickapoo • 1841 - 1848 • Sugar Creek Mission - Potawatomi • 1848 • St. Marys Mission - Potawatomi

  14. Apostolic Vicariate East of the Rocky Mountains, established in 1850

  15. Bishop John Baptiste Miege

  16. Vicariate in 1858

  17. Bishop Louis Mary Fink

  18. Wichita Diocese 1887-1897

  19. Bishop John Hennessy

  20. Population Analysis of what would become the Diocese of Wichita 1874: 35,000 48 priests 62 churches 1877: Larger than 28 of the existing 58 diocese in the U.S. 1887: 90,000 127 priests 216 churches 20 seminarians 1897: Catholic population in Diocese of Wichita reduced to 6,500. With the addition of the southeast counties, population of the Diocese tripled.

  21. Wichita Diocese 1897-1951

  22. 1951 Wichita Diocese Dodge City Diocese

  23. Evolution of the • Diocese of Wichita • 1850: Apostolic Vicariate of Indian Territory east of the Rocky Mountains • 1858: Territory of Nebraska detached • 1868: Vicariate Apostolic of Kansas created • (Colorado separated) • 1877: Vicariate raised to designation as a diocese • (Diocese of Leavenworth) • 1887: Diocese of Wichita erected • (37 counties of southeastern Kansas) • 1897: 14 southeastern counties added to Diocese of Wichita • 1951: Diocese of Wichita reduced to today’s size

  24. Father Felix Verreydt

  25. Father John Schoenmakers

  26. Mother Bridget Hayden

  27. Osage Manual Labor Schools

  28. St. Francis de HieronymoOsage Mission

  29. Beechwood drawing of Osage Mission

  30. Osage Mission • Request • Establishment • Arrival of the Lorettos • The Osage Manual Labor Schools • Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War • The removal of the Osage from Kansas

  31. Hardrope

  32. St. Francis Institution for Boys

  33. St. Ann’s Academy

  34. Mission Stations

  35. Father John Schoenmakers

  36. Father Philip Colleton

  37. Father Paul Mary Ponziglione

  38. Mother Bridget Hayden

  39. Missions and Mission Stations • St. Francis Institute and St. Ann’s Academy • Hardship and Suffering • Individuals at Osage Mission • Relationship of Southeastern Kansas parishes to Osage Mission

  40. Sources and References Beckman, Peter The Catholic Church on the Kansas Frontier Casey, Mary Frances VanLeeuwen Osage Mission Sesquicentennial: Celebrating 150 Years Fitzgerald, S.C.L., Ph.D.; Sr. Mary Paul Beacon on the Plains Garraghan, S.J., Ph.D.; Gilbert J. The Jesuits of the Middle United States (3 Volumes) Graves, W. W. Annals of Osage Mission Annals of St. Paul Early Jesuits at Osage Mission Father John Schoenmakers, S.J.: Apostle to the Osages History of Neosho County (2 Volumes) History of the Kickapoo Mission and Parish Life and Times of Mother Bridget The First Protestant Osage Missions, 1820-1837

  41. Joyce, Mary Osage Mission: Centennial Celebration 1847-1947 Kinsella, Rev. Thomas H. The History of Our Cradle Land Moeder, JCD, Fr. John M. History of the Diocese of Wichita Peltzer, Mary K. and Father Michael The Catholic Diocese of Wichita Commemorates Its First 100 Years Ponziglione, S.J.; Fr. Mary Paul “The Osages and Father John Schoenmakers, S.J.: Interesting Memoirs Collected from Legends, Traditions and Historical Documents” “Journal of the Western Missions” (10 Volumes) Transcribed by Rev. Eugene Grabner Strecker, Archbishop I. J. The Church in Kansas: 1850 - 1905 “A Family Story” Wenzl, Timothy F. A Legacy of Faith: The History of the Diocese of Dodge City

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