Catholic Diocese of Wichita 125 Years as a Diocese Established August 2, 1887

LordBaltimore Lord Baltimore

Bishop John Carroll

Population Growth of Catholic America :25,000 to 50,000 1% 1830 :1,750, :3,500,000 12% Between it is estimated 5,000,000 people immigrated from mostly western Europe (40% from Ireland; 30% from Germany) Nearly all the Irish were Catholic About 75% of the Germans were Catholic 1865 :33,000,000 12%

Father Juan De Padilla

1st Catholic Church St. Louis, Missouri

BishopLouisWilliamDuBourg

The Early Church in 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 FatherCharles de la Croix

Chouteau Country

St. Rose PhilippineDuchesne

Indian Missions in Kansas Fathers Jacques Marquette, Charles de la Croix and Charles Van Quickenborne 1836 – 1840 Sacred Heart Mission – Kickapoo Sugar Creek Mission - Potawatomi 1848 St. Marys Mission - Potawatomi

Apostolic Vicariate East of the Rocky Mountains, established in 1850

BishopJohnBaptisteMiege

Vicariate in 1858

BishopLouisMaryFink

Wichita Diocese

BishopJohnHennessy

Population Analysis of what would become the Diocese of Wichita 1874 : 35,00048 priests62 churches 1877 : Larger than 28 of the existing 58 diocese in the U.S : 90, priests216 churches 20 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 Diocese

Dodge City DioceseWichitaDiocese 1951

Evolution of the Diocese of Wichita 1850 :Apostolic Vicariate of Indian Territory east of the Rocky Mountains 1858: Territory of Nebraska detached 1868: 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 StationLife Span Union Harmony Neosho Hopefield # Hopefield # Hopefield #31837 Boudinot Osage Mission1847- Present*

FatherFelixVerreydt

Father John Schoenmakers

MotherBridgetHayden

Osage Manual Labor Schools

St. Francis de Hieronymo Osage Mission

Beechwood drawing of Osage Mission

DateDiseaseEffect 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 Smallpox EpidemicKilled an estimated 400 Osage. 1856Scofula A 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

FatherJohnSchoenmakers

FatherPhilipColleton

Father Paul 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, Peter The Catholic Church on the Kansas Frontier Casey, Mary Frances VanLeeuwen Osage Mission Sesquicentennial: Celebrating 150 Years Fitzgerald, S.C.L., Ph.D.; Sr. Mary Paul Beacon 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 Mission Annals of St. Paul Early Jesuits at Osage Mission Father John Schoenmakers, S.J.: Apostle to the Osages History of Neosho County (2 Volumes) History of the Kickapoo Mission and Parish Life and Times of Mother Bridget The First Protestant Osage Missions,

Joyce, Mary Osage Mission: Centennial Celebration 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 Michael The 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: “A Family Story” Wenzl, Timothy F. A Legacy of Faith: The History of the Diocese of Dodge City