Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island
Diocese of Grand Island Dioecesis Insulae Grandis | |
|---|---|
| Catholic | |
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | 28 counties and the parts of Dawson, Lincoln and Keith counties north of the Platte River in central and western Nebraska |
| Episcopal conference | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |
| Ecclesiastical region | Region IX |
| Ecclesiastical province | Omaha |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 42,000 sq mi (110,000 km2) |
Population
|
|
| Parishes | 73 |
| Schools | 11 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established |
|
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Patron saint | Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Secular priests | 63 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Joseph G. Hanefeldt |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Michael George McGovern |
| Bishops emeritus | William Joseph Dendinger |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| gidiocese | |
_cathedral_from_SE_3.JPG){kind=link}
The Diocese of Grand Island (Latin: Dioecesis Insulae Grandis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northwestern and central Nebraska in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Omaha.
The cathedral parish is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Grand Island. As of 2023, the bishop of Grand Island is Joseph G. Hanefeldt, who was installed on March 19, 2015.