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Catholic Diocese of Wichita125 Years as a DioceseEstablished August 2, 1887
Lord Baltimore
Bishop John Carroll
Population Growth of Catholic America
1790-1865
1790: 25,000 to 50,0001%
1830: 1,750,0001840: 3,500,000
12%
Between 1830-1860 it is estimated 5,000,000 people immigrated from mostly western Europe (40% from Ireland; 30% from Germany)
Nearly all the Irish were CatholicAbout 75% of the Germans were Catholic
1865: 33,000,00012%
FatherJuan De Padilla
1st Catholic Church St. Louis, Missouri
Bishop LouisWilliamDuBourg
The Early Churchin America
The New World, the Maryland Colony and English Penal Laws
Beginning of the formal structure of the Catholic Church in the United States
Beginnings of the Catholic faith in the Territory
The French and the impact of St. Louis
FatherJacquesMarquette
FatherCharlesde la Croix
ChouteauCountry
ChouteauCountry
St. RosePhilippineDuchesne
Indian Missionsin Kansas
1673 - 1830Fathers Jacques Marquette, Charles de
la Croix and Charles Van Quickenborne
1836 – 1840Sacred Heart Mission – Kickapoo
1841 - 1848Sugar Creek Mission - Potawatomi
1848St. Marys Mission - Potawatomi
Apostolic Vicariate East of the Rocky Mountains,established in 1850
BishopJohn
BaptisteMiege
Vicariate in 1858
BishopLouisMaryFink
Wichita Diocese1887-1897
BishopJohn
Hennessy
Population Analysis of what would become the
Diocese of Wichita
1874:35,000 48 priests 62 churches
1877:Larger than 28 of the existing 58 diocese in
the U.S.1887:
90,000 127 priests 216 churches20 seminarians
1897:Catholic population in Diocese of Wichita reduced to 6,500. With the addition of the southeast counties, population of the Diocese tripled.
Wichita Diocese1897-1951
Dodge City Diocese
WichitaDioces
e
1951
Evolution of theDiocese of Wichita
1850: Apostolic Vicariate of Indian Territory east of the Rocky Mountains
1858: Territory of Nebraska detached1868: Vicariate Apostolic of Kansas
created(Colorado separated)
1877: Vicariate raised to designation as a diocese(Diocese of Leavenworth)
1887: Diocese of Wichita erected (37 counties of southeastern Kansas)
1897: 14 southeastern counties added to Diocese of Wichita
1951: Diocese of Wichita reduced to today’s size
Mission Station Life Span
Union 1820 - 1836
Harmony 1821 - 1836
Neosho 1824 - 1829
Hopefield #1 1823 -1830
Hopefield #2 1830 - 1835
Hopefield #3 1837
Boudinot 1830-1836
Osage Mission 1847- Present*
FatherFelix
Verreydt
Father John
Schoenmakers
MotherBridgetHayden
Osage Manual Labor
Schools
St. Francis de Hieronymo Osage Mission
Beechwood drawing of Osage
Mission
Date Disease Effect
1852 Scurvy, Measles, Typhoid Epidemic
Before the beginning of 1852 scurvy became widespread. Among the Osage, measles broke out that spring. Over ½ of the children and many adults died – as many as 800 Osage died. Father Bax performed many baptisms and treated the sick. On August 5, 1852 he died at the age of 35.
1855 Smallpox Epidemic Killed an estimated 400 Osage.
1856 ScofulaA Tuberculosis condition claimed at least 100 Osage.
Osage Mission
Request
Establishment
Arrival of the Lorettos
The Osage Manual Labor Schools
Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War
The removal of the Osage from Kansas
Hardrope
St. Francis Institution for Boys
St. Ann’s Academy
Mission Stations
FatherJohn
Schoenmakers
FatherPhilip
Colleton
FatherPaul Mary
Ponziglione
MotherBridgetHayden
Missions and Mission Stations
St. Francis Institute and St. Ann’s Academy
Hardship and Suffering
Individuals at Osage Mission
Relationship of Southeastern Kansas parishes to Osage Mission
Sources and References
Beckman, PeterThe Catholic Church on the Kansas Frontier
Casey, Mary Frances VanLeeuwenOsage Mission Sesquicentennial: Celebrating 150 Years
Fitzgerald, S.C.L., Ph.D.; Sr. Mary PaulBeacon on the Plains
Garraghan, S.J., Ph.D.; Gilbert J.The Jesuits of the Middle United States (3 Volumes)
Graves, W. W.Annals of Osage MissionAnnals of St. PaulEarly Jesuits at Osage MissionFather John Schoenmakers, S.J.: Apostle to the OsagesHistory of Neosho County (2 Volumes)History of the Kickapoo Mission and ParishLife and Times of Mother BridgetThe First Protestant Osage Missions, 1820-1837
Joyce, MaryOsage Mission: Centennial Celebration 1847-1947
Kinsella, Rev. Thomas H.The History of Our Cradle Land
Moeder, JCD, Fr. John M.History of the Diocese of Wichita
Peltzer, Mary K. and Father MichaelThe Catholic Diocese of Wichita Commemorates Its First
100 Years
Ponziglione, S.J.; Fr. Mary Paul“The Osages and Father John Schoenmakers, S.J.: Interesting
Memoirs Collected from Legends, Traditions and Historical Documents”
“Journal of the Western Missions” (10 Volumes) Transcribed by Rev. Eugene Grabner
Strecker, Archbishop I. J.The Church in Kansas: 1850 - 1905 “A Family Story”
Wenzl, Timothy F.A Legacy of Faith: The History of the Diocese of Dodge City