Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau
Campifontis-Capitis Girardeauen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Springfield, Missouri, United States
The Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau is a Latin Church diocese covering the southern third of Missouri, erected in 1956. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis and is led by Bishop Edward M. Rice.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 July 1956
- Latin
- Campifontis-Capitis Girardeauen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Rose Philippine Duchesne and Pope St. Pius X
- Annuario code
- 001003107
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 66,000
- Population
- 1,269,180
- Catholic share
- 5.2%
- Priests
- 121
- Catholics per priest
- 545
- Extent
- 25,719 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.6
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
- Edward M. Rice
- Born
- 28 July 1960
- Birthplace
- Saint Louis
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. Agnes Cathedral stands in Springfield, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of St. Mary of the Annunciation.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Saint Louis
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Saint Louis.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Saint LouisSaint Louis
- Diocese of Jefferson CityJefferson City
- Diocese of Kansas City-Saint JosephKansas City
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southern Missouri in the United States is the territory of this Latin Church diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Campifontis-Capitis Girardeauensis), a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Unusually, it maintains two cathedrals: St. Agnes Cathedral in Springfield and the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Annunciation in Cape Girardeau. Edward M. Rice is its bishop as of 2023.
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].