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Suffragan diocese Grand Island, Nebraska, United States

Diocese of Grand Island

Insulae Grandis

The Diocese of Grand Island is a Latin Church diocese covering western and central Nebraska, erected in 1912 as the Diocese of Kearney and renamed in 1917. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Omaha and is led by Bishop Joseph G. Hanefeldt.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Grand Island, United States.

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Established
1912
Catholics
48,363
Priests
53
Territory
108,842 km²

Parishes and churches

71 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Joseph G. Hanefeldt
Born
25 April 1958
Birthplace
Creighton

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands in Grand Island, 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

Northwestern and central Nebraska in the United States form the territory of the Diocese of Grand Island (Latin: Dioecesis Insulae Grandis). The diocese belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Omaha as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Omaha. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Grand Island, and Joseph G. Hanefeldt has served as bishop since March 19, 2015.