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Diocese of Sioux Falls
The Diocese of Sioux Falls (Latin: Dioecesis Siouxormensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church diocese in South Dakota in the United States. It is a suffragan see of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
The Diocese of Sioux Falls covers South Dakota east of the Missouri River. The mother church is St. Joseph Cathedral in Sioux Falls. Since 2020, the Diocese has been led by bishop Donald DeGrood.
Eastern South Dakota went through several Catholic jurisdictions before the Vatican erected the Diocese of Sioux Falls:
The Catholic presence in present-day South Dakota began in 1842 when the French missionary Reverend Augustin Ravoux from the Diocese of Saint Paul traveled up the Missouri River to baptize children at Fort Pierre. He returned to Vermilion in 1845 to minister to Catholic families there. The first Catholic church in the Dakotas, St. Peter's was dedicated in Jefferson in 1867 to serve a French Catholic population.
On August 12, 1879 Pope Leo XIII established the Vicariate Apostolic of Dakota, with territory taken from the Diocese of Saint Paul. The pope appointed Martin Marty, the abbot of Saint Meinrad Seminary in St. Meinrad, Indiana, as the apostolic vicar of this territory. Marty worked among the Lakota/Sioux people living on the Standing Rock Reservation in the Dakota Territory. The Hunkpapa Lakota called him "Black Robe Lean Chief".
As the Dakota Territory had only 12 Catholic priests, Marty actively recruited priests from the Eastern United States and Europe. In 1880, Marty persuaded Benedictine sisters from Missouri to assist him in ministering at Fort Yates, a center of the Yankton Lakota people The first Catholic church in Sioux Falls, St. Michael's, was dedicated in 1881. It later became the first cathedral of the Diocese of Sioux Falls.
In 1889, Leo XIII suppressed the vicariate and erected the Diocese of Sioux Falls, which included all of the new State of South Dakota. Marty was transitioned from apostolic vicar into the first bishop of the new diocese. In 1895, Marty became bishop of the Diocese of St. Cloud.
The second bishop of Sioux Falls was Reverend Thomas O'Gorman, named by Leo XIII in 1896. During his 25-year tenure, O'Gorman increased the number of priests in the diocese, and erected numerous churches, schools, and hospitals. In 1902, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Lead, incorporating all of South Dakota west of the Missouri River. The Benedictine Sisters Order opened the Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Yankton in 1905, later to become Mount Marty University.
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Diocese of Sioux Falls
The Diocese of Sioux Falls (Latin: Dioecesis Siouxormensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church diocese in South Dakota in the United States. It is a suffragan see of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
The Diocese of Sioux Falls covers South Dakota east of the Missouri River. The mother church is St. Joseph Cathedral in Sioux Falls. Since 2020, the Diocese has been led by bishop Donald DeGrood.
Eastern South Dakota went through several Catholic jurisdictions before the Vatican erected the Diocese of Sioux Falls:
The Catholic presence in present-day South Dakota began in 1842 when the French missionary Reverend Augustin Ravoux from the Diocese of Saint Paul traveled up the Missouri River to baptize children at Fort Pierre. He returned to Vermilion in 1845 to minister to Catholic families there. The first Catholic church in the Dakotas, St. Peter's was dedicated in Jefferson in 1867 to serve a French Catholic population.
On August 12, 1879 Pope Leo XIII established the Vicariate Apostolic of Dakota, with territory taken from the Diocese of Saint Paul. The pope appointed Martin Marty, the abbot of Saint Meinrad Seminary in St. Meinrad, Indiana, as the apostolic vicar of this territory. Marty worked among the Lakota/Sioux people living on the Standing Rock Reservation in the Dakota Territory. The Hunkpapa Lakota called him "Black Robe Lean Chief".
As the Dakota Territory had only 12 Catholic priests, Marty actively recruited priests from the Eastern United States and Europe. In 1880, Marty persuaded Benedictine sisters from Missouri to assist him in ministering at Fort Yates, a center of the Yankton Lakota people The first Catholic church in Sioux Falls, St. Michael's, was dedicated in 1881. It later became the first cathedral of the Diocese of Sioux Falls.
In 1889, Leo XIII suppressed the vicariate and erected the Diocese of Sioux Falls, which included all of the new State of South Dakota. Marty was transitioned from apostolic vicar into the first bishop of the new diocese. In 1895, Marty became bishop of the Diocese of St. Cloud.
The second bishop of Sioux Falls was Reverend Thomas O'Gorman, named by Leo XIII in 1896. During his 25-year tenure, O'Gorman increased the number of priests in the diocese, and erected numerous churches, schools, and hospitals. In 1902, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Lead, incorporating all of South Dakota west of the Missouri River. The Benedictine Sisters Order opened the Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Yankton in 1905, later to become Mount Marty University.
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