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

3. LordBaltimore Lord Baltimore

4. Bishop John Carroll

5. Population Growth of Catholic America 1790-1865 1790 :25,000 to 50,000 1% 1830 :1,750,000 1840 :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 Catholic About 75% of the Germans were Catholic 1865 :33,000,000 12%

6. Father Juan De Padilla

7. 1st Catholic Church St. Louis, Missouri

8. BishopLouisWilliamDuBourg

9. 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

10. FatherJacquesMarquette FatherCharles de la Croix

11. Chouteau Country

13. St. Rose PhilippineDuchesne

14. Indian Missions in Kansas 1673 - 1830 Fathers Jacques Marquette, Charles de la Croix and Charles Van Quickenborne 1836 – 1840 Sacred Heart Mission – Kickapoo 1841 - 1848 Sugar Creek Mission - Potawatomi 1848 St. Marys Mission - Potawatomi

15. Apostolic Vicariate East of the Rocky Mountains, established in 1850

16. BishopJohnBaptisteMiege

17. Vicariate in 1858

18. BishopLouisMaryFink

20. Wichita Diocese 1887-1897

21. BishopJohnHennessy

22. 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. 1887 : 90,000127 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.

23. Wichita Diocese 1897-1951

24. Dodge City DioceseWichitaDiocese 1951

25. 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

26. Mission StationLife Span Union1820 - 1836 Harmony1821 - 1836 Neosho1824 - 1829 Hopefield #11823 -1830 Hopefield #21830 - 1835 Hopefield #31837 Boudinot1830-1836 Osage Mission1847- Present*

27. FatherFelixVerreydt

28. Father John Schoenmakers

29. MotherBridgetHayden

30. Osage Manual Labor Schools

31. St. Francis de Hieronymo Osage Mission

32. Beechwood drawing of Osage Mission

33. 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 35. 1855Smallpox EpidemicKilled an estimated 400 Osage. 1856Scofula A Tuberculosis condition claimed at least 100 Osage.

34. 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

35. Hardrope

36. St. Francis Institution for Boys

37. St. Ann’s Academy

39. Mission Stations

40. FatherJohnSchoenmakers

41. FatherPhilipColleton

42. Father Paul Mary Ponziglione

43. MotherBridgetHayden

44. 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

45. 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, 1820-1837

46. Joyce, Mary Osage 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 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: 1850 - 1905 “A Family Story” Wenzl, Timothy F. A Legacy of Faith: The History of the Diocese of Dodge City