Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha
Archdiocese of Omaha Archidioecesis Omahensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | 23 counties in eastern Nebraska |
Ecclesiastical province | Omaha |
Statistics | |
Area | 14,051 sq mi (36,390 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2016) 975,301 234,254 (24%) |
Parishes | 125 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | January 6, 1857 (167 years ago) |
Cathedral | St. Cecilia Cathedral |
Patron saint | Saint Cecilia |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | George Joseph Lucas |
Bishops emeritus | Elden Francis Curtiss |
Map | |
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Website | |
archomaha.org |
The Archdiocese of Omaha (Latin: Archidioecesis Omahensis) is Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. Its current archbishop, George Joseph Lucas, was installed in Omaha on July 22, 2009. The archdiocese serves more than 230,000 Catholics in approximately 140 parishes and missions. [1] It includes 23 counties in northeast Nebraska: Boyd, Holt, Merrick, Nance, Boone, Antelope, Knox, Pierce, Madison, Platte, Colfax, Stanton, Wayne, Cedar, Dixon, Dakota, Thurston, Cuming, Dodge, Burt, Washington, Douglas, and Sarpy.[2]
History
On January 6, 1857 Pope Pius IX established the Apostolic Vicariate of Nebraska from the Apostolic Vicariate of Indian Territory (East of the Rocky Mountains). The Rev. James Myles O'Gorman, O.C.S.O., from New Melleray Monastery near Dubuque, Iowa, was named the Apostolic Vicar on January 28, 1859.[3] The Vicariate lost territory when the Apostolic Vicariate of Montana was created in 1883. (This later developed as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena.)
The Nebraska vicariate was elevated to a diocese and renamed as the Diocese of Omaha by Pope Leo XIII on October 2, 1885. Reverend James O'Connor was appointed as its first bishop. At the time, the diocese included all of Nebraska and Wyoming. It lost territory on August 2, 1887 when the dioceses of Cheyenne and Lincoln were established.
The diocese lost territory two more times: to the Diocese of Kearney in 1912 when it was created, and again in 1916. Omaha was elevated to an archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on August 10, 1945.[4][5]
Sexual abuse scandal of 20th and 21st centuries
The Archdiocese of Omaha has been implicated in the widespread scandal of sexual abuse by clergy in the Catholic church in the United States and earlier institutional coverups of actions. In 2018, the Archdiocese of Omaha released the names of 38 priests and other clergy members who have been credibly accused of sexual misconduct, an action requested by the state’s top prosecutor.[6] At least two men on the list had been convicted and served prison sentences for molesting children.[6]
Among those listed was Daniel Herek, a former Omaha priest who was defrocked, convicted and sentenced to prison in 1999 for sexually assaulting and videotaping a 14-year-old boy.[6] He also served jail time several years later for exposing himself in an Omaha parking lot.[6] John Fiala, who left the Omaha Archdiocese in 1996, was among those listed.[6] Fiala died in 2017 in a Texas prison after being convicted of sexually abusing a teenage boy and of trying to hire a hit man to kill the victim.[6]
Though the earliest incident of abuse on record was alleged to have happened in 1956, the Archdiocese of Omaha has acknowledged that it did not record reports of sexual abuse until 1978.[6] In a written statement published together with the list of accused clergy, Omaha Archbishop George Joseph Lucas wrote,
"We acknowledge this report with sorrow, and know that it will cause a great deal of pain.”[6] He continued, "We’re deeply saddened so many innocent minors and young adults were harmed by the church’s ministers. To victims and their families, I am sorry for the pain, betrayal and suffering you have experienced in the church.”[6]
Bishops
Bishops of Omaha
- James Myles O'Gorman (1859-1874)
- James O.Connor (1876–1890)
- Richard Scannell (1891–1916)
- Jeremiah James Harty (1916–1927), Archbishop (personal title)
- Joseph Francis Rummel (1928–1935), appointed Archbishop of New Orleans
Archbishops of Omaha
- James Hugh Ryan (1935–1947)
- Gerald Thomas Bergan (1947–1969)
- Daniel E. Sheehan (1969–1993)
- Elden Francis Curtiss (1993–2009)
- George Joseph Lucas (2009–present)
Auxiliary bishops
- Daniel E. Sheehan (1964–1969), appointed Archbishop here
- Anthony Michael Milone (1981–1987), appointed Bishop of Great Falls-Billings
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Blase Joseph Cupich, appointed Bishop of Rapid City in 1998; future Cardinal
- William Joseph Dendinger, appointed Bishop of Grand Island in 2004
- Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt, appointed Bishop of Grand Island in 2015
- Edward Joseph Hunkeler, appointed Bishop of Grand Island in 1945
- Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern, appointed Bishop of Cheyenne in 1912
- John Linus Paschang, appointed Bishop of Grand Island in 1951
Parishes
Omaha parishes of the Archdiocese of Omaha[7] | |||||
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Assumption Parish (1894) | 5434 S 22nd St. | Czech | |||
Blessed Sacrament Parish (1919) | 3020 Curtis Ave. | ||||
Christ the King Parish (1953) | 654 S 86th St. | ||||
Holy Cross Parish (1922) | 4803 William St. | ||||
Holy Family Parish (1876) | 1715 Izard St. | ||||
Holy Ghost Parish (1918) | 5219 S 53rd St. | ||||
Holy Name Parish (1917) | 2901 Fontenelle Blvd. | ||||
Immaculate Conception Parish (1897) | 2708 S 24th St. | Polish Heritage & Tridentine (Latin) Masses | |||
Mary Our Queen Parish (1963) | 3535 S 119th St. | ||||
Mother of Perpetual Help Parish (1975) | 5215 Seward St. | Church of the Deaf | |||
Our Lady of Fatima Parish | 709 S 28th St. | ||||
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish (1927) | 2310 O St. | Spanish | |||
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish (1917) | 2110 S 32nd Ave. | ||||
Sacred Heart Parish - Omaha (1890) | 2218 Binney St. | ||||
Sacred Heart Parish - Norfolk (1881) | 200 S 5th St, Norfolk, NE | Spanish/English | |||
St. Adalbert Parish (1916) | 2617 S 31st St. | Czech/Korean | |||
St. Agnes Parish (1889) | 2215 Q St. | Irish/Spanish | |||
St. Anthony Parish (1907) | 5401 S 33rd St. | Lithuanian | |||
St. Benedict of Moor Parish (1919) | 2423 Grant St. | African American | |||
St. Bernard Parish (1905) | 3601 N 65th St. | ||||
St. Bernadette Church | 7600 So. 42 Street, Bellevue, NE 68147 | ||||
St. Bridget Parish (1887) | 4112 S 26th St. | Irish | |||
St. Cecilia Cathedral (1888) | 715 N 40th St. | ||||
St. Charles Borromeo (2005) | 7790 South 192nd St. | Gretna | |||
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish (1981) | 5419 N 114th St. | ||||
St. Frances Cabrini Parish (1868) | 1334 S 9th St. | ||||
St. Francis Assisi Parish | 4521 S 32nd St. | Polish/Spanish | |||
St. Gerald Parish (1962) | 9602 Q St | Lakeview Chapel - 7859 Lakeview St, Ralston | |||
St. James Parish (1963) | 9025 Larimore Ave. | ||||
St. Joan of Arc Parish (1955) | 3122 S 74th St. | ||||
St. John Parish (1897) | 2500 California St. | Creighton University | |||
St. John Paul II Newman Center | 1221 S. 71st St. | University of Nebraska - Omaha | |||
St. John Vianney Parish (1974) | 5801 Oak Hills Dr. | ||||
St. Joseph Parish (1887) | 1723 S 17th St. | ||||
St. Leo the Great Parish (1978) | 1920 N 102nd St. | ||||
St. Margaret Mary Parish (1919) | 6116 Dodge St. | ||||
St. Mary Parish (1902) | 3529 Q St. | ||||
St. Mary Parish | 2302 Crawford Street | Bellevue, NE 68005 | |||
St. Mary Magdalene Parish (1868) | 109 S 19th St. | ||||
St. Matthew Parish | 12210 So. 36 Street | Bellevue, NE 68123 | |||
St. Bernadette Church | 7600 So. 42 St. | Bellevue, NE 68147 | |||
St. Patrick Parish, Elkhorn (1868) | 204th & Maple St. | ||||
St. Patrick Parish, Omaha (1883) | 1404 Castelar St. | ||||
St. Peter Parish | 709 S 28th St. | ||||
St. Philip Neri Parish (1904) | 8200 N 30th St. | ||||
St. Pius X Parish (1954) | 6905 Blondo St. | ||||
St. Richard Parish (1963) | 4320 Fort St. | ||||
St. Robert Bellarmine Parish (1966) | 11802 Pacific St. | ||||
St. Rose of Lima Parish (1919) | 4102 S 13th St. | ||||
St. Stanislaus Parish (1919) | 4002 J St. | Polish | |||
St. Stephen the Martyr Parish (1989) | 16701 S St. | ||||
St. Therese of the Child Jesus Parish (1918) | 2423 Grant St. | ||||
St. Thomas More Parish (1958) | 4804 Grover St. | ||||
St. Vincent de Paul Parish (1991) | 14330 Eagle Run Dr. | ||||
St. Wenceslaus Parish (1877) | 15353 Pacific St. | Czech | |||
Sts. Peter and Paul Parish (1917) | 5912 S 36th St. | Lithuanian, Croatian, Slovenian, and Hungarian [8] |
Omaha Catholic schools
The Omaha Catholic Schools is a school district in and around Omaha which is part of the Archdiocese of Omaha. All schools are accredited or approved by the state of Nebraska. The school district is composed of 54 elementary schools, one private 4th-8th grade school, four corporation high schools, three K-12th grade schools, one special needs K-12th grade school, and ten private high schools. Over 20,000 students attend Omaha Catholic Schools each year.
Suffragan sees
See also
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- Catholic Church in the United States
- Ecclesiastical Province of Omaha
- Education in Omaha, Nebraska
- Global organisation of the Catholic Church
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
- List of churches in Omaha, Nebraska
- List of Roman Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
- Notre Dame Academy and Convent
- Sexual abuse scandal in Omaha archdiocese
References
- ^ "Infographic". Archdiocese of Omaha. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "About Us".
- ^ "Prelate History". Archdiocese of Omaha. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- ^ "Archdiocese of Omaha". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-06-04.[self-published source]
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Omaha". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Omaha archdiocese: 38 clergy accused of sex abuse since '78". AP NEWS. Nov 30, 2018. Retrieved Apr 5, 2021.
- ^ Official Catholic Directory Anno Domini 2006. National Register Publishing, 2006
- ^ "Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church - St Marys Catholic Church - Omaha, Nebraska". Sts. Peter and Paul Church. Retrieved Apr 5, 2021.
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