Suffragan diocese Rapid City, South Dakota, United States
Diocese of Rapid City
Rapidopolitan(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Rapid City is a Latin Rite diocese covering western South Dakota. Established in 1902 as the Diocese of Lead and renamed in 1930, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and is led by Bishop Scott E. Bullock, appointed in 2024.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1902
- Catholics
- 30,700
- Priests
- 50
- Territory
- 111,370 km²
Parishes and churches
85 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. JosephGregoryMass times recorded
- St. JosephMud ButteMass times recorded
- St. JosephRidgeviewMass times recorded
- St. JosephSpearfishMass times recorded
- St. Lawrence O'TooleCentral CityView parish
- St. MargaretLakesideMass times recorded
- St. Martin of ToursMurdoMass times recorded
- St. MaryIsabelMass times recorded
- St. MaryLemmonMass times recorded
- St. MaryLower BruleMass times recorded
- St. MaryMilesvilleMass times recorded
- St. MaryRelianceView parish
- St. Mary Star of the SeaNewellMass times recorded
- St. MichaelHermosaMass times recorded
- St. MichaelKennebecView parish
- St. MichaelWataugaView parish
- St. PatrickLeadMass times recorded
- St. PatrickWallMass times recorded
- St. PaulBelle FourcheMass times recorded
- St. PeterOkreekView parish
- St. Rose of LimaHill CityMass times recorded
- St. ThereseWhite HorseMass times recorded
- St. Therese the Little FlowerRapid CityMass times recorded
- St. Thomas the ApostleMissionMass times recorded
- St. WilliamMidlandMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Scott E. Bullock
- Born
- 26 October 1963
- Birthplace
- Oak
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help stands in Rapid City, 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
Western South Dakota, in the United States, is the territory of the Diocese of Rapid City (Latin: Dioecesis Rapidopolitana), a Catholic diocese suffragan to the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Rapid City, and Scott E. Bullock is the bishop.