Diocese of Des Moines
Desmoinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Des Moines, Iowa, United States
The Diocese of Des Moines is a Latin Rite diocese covering 23 counties in southwestern Iowa. Erected in 1911, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dubuque and is led by Bishop William M. Joensen.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 August 1911
- Latin
- Desmoinen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary, Queen of Heaven; Pope Pius X
- Annuario code
- 001001292
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 103,430
- Population
- 837,773
- Catholic share
- 12.3%
- Priests
- 111
- Catholics per priest
- 932
- Extent
- 32,235 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.2
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- William M. Joensen
- Born
- 8 July 1960
- Birthplace
- Waterloo
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Ambrose Cathedral stands in Des Moines, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Dubuque
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dubuque.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DubuqueDubuque
- Diocese of DavenportDavenport
- Diocese of Sioux CitySioux City
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southwestern Iowa in the United States forms the Diocese of Des Moines (Latin: Diœcesis Desmoinensis), a Catholic suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque. St. Ambrose in Des Moines serves as the cathedral, and William Joensen is bishop.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].