Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City

Diocese of Rapid City Dioecesis Rapidopolitana
Location
Country	United States
Territory	West of the Missouri River in South Dakota
Ecclesiastical province	Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Statistics
Area	43,000 sq mi (110,000 km^2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 239,000 30,700 (12.8%)
Parishes	88
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	August 6, 1902 (114 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Robert Dwayne Gruss
Map
Website
rapidcitydiocese.org

Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City (Latin: Dioecesis Rapidopolitana) is a Roman Catholic diocese in western South Dakota, United States. The current bishop of the diocese is Bishop Robert Dwayne Gruss. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The See city for the diocese is Rapid City. The Cathedral parish is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

History

On August 6, 1902 Saint Pius X established the diocese as the Diocese of Lead.^[1] Its territory was taken from the Diocese of Sioux Falls. The name of the diocese was changed by Pope Pius XI on August 1, 1930 when the see city was transferred to Rapid City.^[2][3]

Bishops

The bishops for the diocese and their terms of service:

Bishops of Lead

• John Stariha (1902–1909)
• Joseph Francis Busch (1910–1915); appointed Bishop of St. Cloud

Bishops of Rapid City

• John Jeremiah Lawler (1915–1948); appointed Bishop of Lead; see transferred to Rapid City in 1930
• William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R (1948–1969)
• Harold Joseph Dimmerling (1969–1987)
• Charles Joseph Chaput, OFM Cap (1988–1997); appointed Archbishop of Denver
• Blase Joseph Cupich (1998–2010); appointed Bishop of Spokane
• Robert Dwayne Gruss (2011–present)

High schools

• Red Cloud High School, Pine Ridge
• St. Thomas More High School, Rapid City

See also

• Catholic Church in the United States
• Ecclesiastical Province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
• List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States

References

1.  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Lead". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
2. Cheney, David M. (July 19, 2011). "Diocese of Rapid City". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
3. "Diocese of Rapid City". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-06-04.

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City Official Site

Coordinates: 44°04′34″N 103°13′42″W / 44.07611°N 103.22833°W