Carl A. Kemme

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Carl Alan Kemme
Bishop of Wichita
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Kansas City in Kansas
Diocese	Wichita
Appointed	February 20, 2014
Installed	May 1, 2014
Predecessor	Michael Owen Jackels
Orders
Ordination	May 10, 1986 by Daniel L. Ryan
Consecration	May 1, 2014 by Joseph Fred Naumann, George Joseph Lucas, and Thomas Paprocki
Personal details
Born	(1960-08-14) August 14, 1960 Effingham, Illinois
Alma mater	Cardinal Glennon College Seminary Kenrick Seminary
Motto	HUMILITAS

Styles of Carl Alan Kemme

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Carl Alan Kemme (born August 14, 1960) is a Catholic bishop in the United States. Since 2014 he has been the eleventh bishop of the Diocese of Wichita in Kansas.

Early life and education

Carl Alan Kemme was born in Effingham, Illinois to Donald and Marita (Kortte) Kemme. He grew up with his four brothers and one sister on a farm near Shumway, Illinois.^[1] He was educated at the local public schools before enrolling at St. Henry’s Preparatory Seminary in Belleville, Illinois where he graduated from high school. He enrolled at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Springfield, Illinois and graduated from Cardinal Glennon College in St. Louis and Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception by Bishop Daniel L. Ryan on May 10, 1986.^[2]

Priesthood

After ordination Kemme served as the parochial vicar at St. Patrick Parish in Decatur, Illinois from 1986 to 1989, parochial vicar at Saints Peter and Paul Parish in Collinsville, Illinois from 1989 to 1990 and parochial vicar at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Springfield from 1990 to 1992. He served as pastor at St. Mary’s Church in Brussels, Illinois, St. Joseph Church in Meppen, Illinois, and St. Barbara Church in Batchtown, Illinois from 1992 to 1996. He was the administrator of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Parish in Mt. Zion, Illinois from 1996 to 1997 and pastor of Holy Family Church in Decatur from 1996 to 2002. Kemme served as the priest moderator of St. James Parish in Decatur from 2001 to 2003. He served as pastor at St. Peter Church in Petersburg, Illinois from 2002 to 2005 and vicar general and moderator of the curia of the Diocese Springfield in Illinois from 2002 to 2009. On August 23, 2002 Pope John Paul II named Kemme a Prelate of Honor with the title Monsignor.^[1] He served as pastor of St. John Vianney Church in Sherman, Illinois and diocesan administrator sede vacante of the Springfield Diocese from 2009 to 2010 after Bishop George Lucas was named archbishop of Omaha. Keme was reassigned as the vicar general and moderator of the curia of the Springfield Diocese and served from 2010 to 2014.^[2]

Episcopacy

On February 20, 2014 Pope Francis appointed Kemme to be the eleventh bishop of Wichita.^[3]^[4] He was consecrated by Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas on May 1, 2014 in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita. Archbishop George Lucas of Omaha and Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield in Illinois were the principal co-consecrators.^[3]

References

1 2 "Biography". Diocese of Wichita. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
1 2 "Pope Names Springfield, Illinois Priest as Bishop of Wichita, Kansas and Newark Priest as Auxiliary Bishop of Miami". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
1 2 "Bishop Carl Alan Kemme". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
↑ "Diocese of Wichita". Giga-Catholic. Retrieved 2014-02-28.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Michael Owen Jackels	Bishop of Wichita 2014–Present	Incumbent

Diocese of Wichita

Bishops	Ordinaries James O'Reilly John Joseph Hennessy Augustus John Schwertner Christian Herman Winkelmann Mark Kenny Carroll David Monas Maloney Eugene John Gerber Thomas Olmsted Michael Owen Jackels Carl A. Kemme Coadjutor Leo Christopher Byrne

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Parishes St. Mark Church, Colwich St. Teresa's Church, Hutchinson

Education	Higher Education Newman University, Wichita High Schools Bishop Carroll Catholic High School, Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, Wichita St. Mary's-Colgan High School, Pittsburg Trinity Catholic High School, Hutchinson

Priests	John Balthasar Brungardt Paul Stagg Coakley James D. Conley Ronald Michael Gilmore Emil Kapaun Ignatius Jerome Strecker John Henry Tihen

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Diocese of Springfield in Illinois

Bishops	Bishops of Alton Henry Damian Juncker Peter Joseph Baltes James Ryan Bishops of Springfield in Illinois James Aloysius Griffin William Aloysius O'Connor Joseph Alphonse McNicholas Daniel L. Ryan George Joseph Lucas Thomas J. Paprocki

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Education	Higher Education Benedictine University at Springfield Quincy University High Schools Marquette Catholic High School, Alton St. Teresa High School, Decatur St. Anthony High School, Effingham Routt Catholic High School, Jacksonville Father McGivney Catholic High School, Maryville Quincy Notre Dame High School, Quincy Sacred Heart-Griffin High School, Springfield Ursuline Academy, Springfield

Priests	John Janssen John Baptist Franz Victor Hermann Balke Kevin Vann Carl A. Kemme

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