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Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines
Diocese of Des Moines Diœcesis Desmoinensis | |
|---|---|
 St. Ambrose Cathedral | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | 23 counties in the Southwest quadrant of Iowa |
| Ecclesiastical province | Dubuque |
| Coordinates | 41°35′19″N 93°37′32″W / 41.58861°N 93.62556°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 12,446 sq mi (32,230 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 837,773 103,430 (12.3%) |
| Parishes | 81 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | August 12, 1911 (113 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Saint Ambrose Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Mary, Queen of Heaven Pope Pius X |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | William Michael Joensen |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Robert Zinkula |
| Bishops emeritus | Joseph Leo Charron Richard Pates |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| dmdiocese.org | |
The Diocese of Des Moines (Latin: Diœcesis Desmoinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in southwestern Iowa in the United States. It is a suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque. The see city for the diocese is Des Moines. The cathedral parish for the diocese is St. Ambrose.
As of 2024, William Joensen is bishop of the Diocese of Des Moines.
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