Roman Catholic Diocese of Bismarck
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bismarck (Latin: Dioecesis Bismarckiensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in North Dakota. It was founded on December 31, 1909. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, which is headquartered in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.
The past bishops of the diocese are:
- John Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle (1910–1939)
- Vincent James Ryan (1939–1951)
- Lambert Anthony Hoch (1952–1956)
- Hilary Baumann Hacker (1956–1982)
- John Francis Kinney (1982–1995)
- Paul Albert Zipfel (1996—)
