Suffragan diocese Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Diocese of Des Moines
Desmoinen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1911
- Catholics
- 103,430
- Priests
- 111
- Territory
- 32,235 km²
Parishes and churches
80 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. PatrickBayardMass times recorded
- St. PatrickCorningView parish
- St. PatrickCouncil BluffsMass times recorded
- St. PatrickDunlapMass times recorded
- St. PatrickGrand RiverMass times recorded
- St. PatrickImogeneMass times recorded
- St. PatrickLenoxView parish
- St. PatrickMassenaMass times recorded
- St. PatrickMissouri ValleyView parish
- St. PatrickNeolaMass times recorded
- St. PatrickPerryMass times recorded
- St. PatrickWalnutMass times recorded
- St. Patrick (Irish Settlement)CummingMass times recorded
- St. PeterCouncil BluffsMass times recorded
- St. PeterDefianceMass times recorded
- St. Peter Vietnamese Catholic CommunityDes MoinesMass times recorded
- St. Pius XUrbandaleMass times recorded
- St. Theresa of the Child, JesusDes MoinesMass times recorded
- St. Thomas AquinasIndianolaMass times recorded
- St. Timothy/RenoCumberlandView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- William M. Joensen
- Born
- 8 July 1960
- Birthplace
- Waterloo
Explore the ministry of 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.
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.