Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island is a Latin diocese in Grand Island, Nebraska.
It is a suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha. The cathedral parish is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, its diocesan headquarters are at 2708 Old Fair Rd., P.O. Box 1531, Grand Island, NE 68802, USA.
The retired bishop of the diocese is Bishop Emeritus William Dendinger. The Rev. Msgr. Joseph G. Hanefeldt was announced as successor on January 14, 2015, and was installed on March 19, 2015.History
On January 6, 1857, Pope Pius IX established the Apostolic Vicariate of Nebraska in territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains.
On March 8, 1912, Pope Pius X established the Diocese of Kearney on territory taken from the then Diocese of Omaha, its present Metropolitan.
The diocese was enlarged with more territory from Omaha on May 13, 1916.
On April 11, 1917, the diocese was renamed when the see city was transferred to Grand Island.
The Omaha diocese was elevated to an archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on August 10, 1945.Bishops
Bishops of Grand Island
The list of bishops who served the diocese and their years of service:
- James Albert Duffy
- Stanislaus Vincent Bona, appointed Coadjutor Bishop and later Bishop of Green Bay
- Edward Joseph Hunkeler, appointed Bishop and later Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas
- John Linus Paschang
- John J. Sullivan, appointed Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph
- Lawrence James McNamara
- William Joseph Dendinger
- Joseph G. Hanefeldt
