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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%"><div class="fn org" style="display:inline;font-size: 125%">Archdiocese of Omaha</div><br /><i><div class="nickname" style="display:inline;font-family: serif; font-size: 130%;"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Archidioecesis Omahensis</i></span></div></i><div style="display:inline;font-size: 125%"></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom: 0.4em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Cecilia_Facade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/St._Cecilia_Facade.jpg/250px-St._Cecilia_Facade.jpg" 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1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Archdiocese_of_Omaha.svg/300px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Archdiocese_of_Omaha.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="856" data-file-height="1166" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Coat of Arms of the Archdiocese of Omaha</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E; color:inherit;">Location</th></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name">United States</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Territory</th><td class="infobox-data">23 counties in eastern <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">Ecclesiastical province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_Roman_Catholic_dioceses_of_the_United_States#Ecclesiastical_province_of_Omaha" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the United States">Omaha</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E; color:inherit;">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">14,051 sq mi (36,390 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<br />- Total<br />- Catholics</th><td class="infobox-data">(as of 2021)<br />1,017,223<br />235,975 (23.2%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parishes</th><td class="infobox-data">123</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E; color:inherit;">Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Denomination</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/wiki/Sui_iuris" title="Sui iuris">Sui iuris</a></i> church</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rite</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman Rite</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">January 6, 1857 (<span class="currentage"></span>168 years ago)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cathedral</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St._Cecilia_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Cecilia Cathedral">St. Cecilia Cathedral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Patron saint</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Cecilia" title="Saint Cecilia">Saint Cecilia</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E; color:inherit;">Current leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pope</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/George_Joseph_Lucas" title="George Joseph Lucas">George Joseph Lucas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bishops emeritus</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Elden_Francis_Curtiss" title="Elden Francis Curtiss">Elden Francis Curtiss</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E; color:inherit;">Map</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Archdiocese_of_Omaha_map_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img 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class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%"><div class="fn org" style="display:inline;font-size: 125%"></div><div style="display:inline;font-size: 125%">Archbishop of Omaha</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 95%; line-height: 110%; background-color: #9b0989; color: white;">Archbishopric</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 95%; line-height: 110%; color: white; background-color: #d42424;">catholic</th></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom: 0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Archbishop_George_Lucas_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Archbishop_George_Lucas_2023.jpg/220px-Archbishop_George_Lucas_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="347" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Archbishop_George_Lucas_2023.jpg/330px-Archbishop_George_Lucas_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Archbishop_George_Lucas_2023.jpg/440px-Archbishop_George_Lucas_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="972" data-file-height="1532" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Incumbent:<br /><a href="/wiki/George_Joseph_Lucas" title="George Joseph Lucas">George Joseph Lucas</a></b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E; color:inherit;">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">Ecclesiastical province</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Archdiocese of Omaha</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E; color:inherit;">Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Myles_O%27Gorman" title="James Myles O'Gorman">James Myles O'Gorman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1859</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Diocese</th><td class="infobox-data">Diocese of Omaha</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cathedral</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St._Cecilia_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Cecilia Cathedral">St. Cecilia Cathedral</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E; color:inherit;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archomaha.org/">archomaha.org</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Archdiocese of Omaha</b> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Archidioecesis Omahensis</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a> ecclesiastical territory or <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">diocese</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> in northeastern Nebraska in the United States. Its current archbishop, <a href="/wiki/George_Joseph_Lucas" title="George Joseph Lucas">George Joseph Lucas</a>, was installed in Omaha on July 22, 2009. </p><p>As of 2017, Archdiocese of Omaha served over 230,000 Catholics in approximately 120 parishes and missions.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its mother church is <a href="/wiki/St._Cecilia_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Cecilia Cathedral">St. Cecilia Cathedral</a> in Omaha. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Territory">Territory</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Territory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Archdiocese of Omaha includes 23 counties in northeast Nebraska: </p><p>Boyd, Holt, Merrick, Nance, Boone, Antelope, Knox, Pierce, Madison, Platte, Colfax, Stanton, Wayne, Cedar, Dixon, Dakota, Thurston, Cuming, Dodge, Burt, Washington, Douglas, and Sarpy.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1838_to_1888">1838 to 1888</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1838 to 1888"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first Catholic missionary to visit Nebraska was Reverend Peter DeSmet, who crossed the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_River" title="Missouri River">Missouri River</a> into Nebraska to baptize two infants of the <a href="/wiki/Otoe" title="Otoe">Otoe</a> people near present-day <a href="/wiki/Bellevue,_Nebraska" title="Bellevue, Nebraska">Bellevue</a> in 1838. At that time, the area was under the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_St._Louis" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis">Diocese of St. Louis</a>. DeSmet later traveled along the Platte River to a council of the tribes.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the mid-19th century, the Omaha area was part of the <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Territory" title="Nebraska Territory">Nebraska Territory</a>, a vast jurisdiction that covered five states in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Plains" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Plains">Northern Plains</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a>. For the Catholic church, the Nebraska Territory fell under the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Indian_Territory_East_of_the_Rocky_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains">Apostolic Vicariate of Indian Territory (East of the Rocky Mountains)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first church of any denomination in Nebraska was St. Mary's, established in <a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha</a> in 1856.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1857, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX" title="Pope Pius IX">Pope Pius IX</a> established a smaller jurisdiction, the Apostolic Vicariate of Nebraska. He named Reverend <a href="/wiki/James_Myles_O%27Gorman" title="James Myles O'Gorman">James O'Gorman</a> as the apostolic vicar in 1859.<sup id="cite_ref-omaha_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omaha-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-omaha2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omaha2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When O'Gorman arrived in Omaha, he had three priests to assist him; he ordained another priest later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-omaha2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omaha2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The construction of the <a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Pacific Railway">Union Pacific Railroad</a> in 1867 brought more Catholic immigrants into Nebraska. Due to the poverty of his vicariate, O'Gorman relied heavily on financial support from the <a href="/wiki/Society_for_the_Propagation_of_the_Faith" title="Society for the Propagation of the Faith">Society for the Propagation of the Faith</a> in Lyons, France, along with the <a href="/wiki/Leopoldine_Society" title="Leopoldine Society">Leopoldine Society</a> of Austria-Hungary and the Ludwig Missionsverein of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bavaria" title="Kingdom of Bavaria">Kingdom of Bavaria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many Irish immigrants working on the railroad in Nebraska were suffering injuries and illnesses. This prompted O'Gorman to plan a Catholic hospital in Omaha. Having a location for the hospital, he tasked the <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_Mercy" title="Sisters of Mercy">Sisters of Mercy</a> to raise funds for it. The new hospital opened in 1870. O'Gorman also worked with the Sisters of Mercy to open Mount Saint Mary's Academy, the first Catholic girls school in Omaha.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time O'Gorman died in 1874, the vicariate had 19 priests serving 12,000 Catholics in 20 parishes and 56 missions.<sup id="cite_ref-omaha2_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omaha2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second apostolic vicar of Nebraska was Reverend <a href="/wiki/James_O%27Connor_(bishop)" title="James O'Connor (bishop)">James O'Connor</a>, appointed by Pius IX.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1883, Pope Leo XIII erected the Apostolic Vicariate of Montana, taking sections of Montana from the Vicariate of Nebraska.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1888_to_1900">1888 to 1900</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1888 to 1900"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII" title="Pope Leo XIII">Leo XIII</a> suppressed the Apostolic Vicariate of Nebraska in 1888 and replaced it with the Diocese of Omaha, covering all of Nebraska and <a href="/wiki/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hierarchy_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hierarchy-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor became the first bishop of Omaha. During his tenure as bishop, O'Connor introduced the Franciscan Fathers, the <a href="/wiki/Poor_Clares" title="Poor Clares">Poor Clares</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Religious_of_the_sacred_heart" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious of the sacred heart">Religious of the Sacred Heart</a>, the Benedictines, and the Sisters of Providence to the diocese. In 1879, he founded Creighton School, later to become <a href="/wiki/Creighton_University" title="Creighton University">Creighton College</a>, in Omaha.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1887, Leo XIII erected the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Cheyenne" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne">Dioceses of Cheyenne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Lincoln" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln">Lincoln</a>, taking their territory from the Diocese of Omaha. At this point, the diocese only included eastern Nebraska.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the assistance of Sister <a href="/wiki/Katharine_Drexel" title="Katharine Drexel">Katharine Drexel</a>, O'Connor founded the <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_the_Blessed_Sacrament" title="Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament">Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament</a>, a religious order for Native Americans and African Americans, in 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-Mercedes_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mercedes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor died in 1890. </p><p>The next bishop of Omaha was Bishop <a href="/wiki/Richard_Scannell" title="Richard Scannell">Richard Scannell</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Concordia_in_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Concordia in Kansas">Diocese of Concordia in Kansas</a>, named by Leo XIII in 1891.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under his governance, the cornerstone of <a href="/wiki/St._Cecilia_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Cecilia Cathedral">St. Cecilia Cathedral</a> was laid in 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-omaha3_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omaha3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also oversaw the diocese's expansion to 95 parishes, serving more than 80,000 Catholics.<sup id="cite_ref-omaha3_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omaha3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number of parochial schools and diocesan priests more than doubled and there were increases in the number of <a href="/wiki/Consecrated_life_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Consecrated life (Catholic Church)">religious</a> men and women.<sup id="cite_ref-catholic_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-catholic-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scannell erected the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph_Hospital_at_Creighton_University_Medical_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Joseph Hospital at Creighton University Medical Center">St. Joseph Mercy Hospital</a> in Omaha in 1892. In 1895, the <a href="/wiki/Good_Shepherd_Sisters" class="mw-redirect" title="Good Shepherd Sisters">Good Shepherd Sisters</a> founded the Good Shepherd Home, a residence for troubled girls.<sup id="cite_ref-Western_Medical_Review_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Western_Medical_Review-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also introduced the following religious orders to the diocese: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Third_order#Third_Order_Regular_(male_and_female)" title="Third order">Third Order Regular of St. Francis</a></li> <li>Sisters of St. Joseph</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presentation_Sisters" title="Presentation Sisters">Presentation Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_the_Resurrection" title="Sisters of the Resurrection">Sisters of the Resurrection</a></li> <li>Sisters of St. Benedict</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_the_Blessed_Sacrament" title="Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament">Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament</a></li> <li>Good Shepherd Sisters</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order">Dominicans</a></li> <li>Felicians</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ursulines" title="Ursulines">Ursulines</a></li> <li>Franciscan.<sup id="cite_ref-catholic_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-catholic-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1900_to_1945">1900 to 1945</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1900 to 1945"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Creighton_Chronicle_(1917)_(14765825235).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/The_Creighton_Chronicle_%281917%29_%2814765825235%29.jpg/220px-The_Creighton_Chronicle_%281917%29_%2814765825235%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="347" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/The_Creighton_Chronicle_%281917%29_%2814765825235%29.jpg/330px-The_Creighton_Chronicle_%281917%29_%2814765825235%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/The_Creighton_Chronicle_%281917%29_%2814765825235%29.jpg/440px-The_Creighton_Chronicle_%281917%29_%2814765825235%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2396" data-file-height="3780" /></a><figcaption>Bishop Harty</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1912, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_X" title="Pope Pius X">Pope Pius X</a> erected the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Grand_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Grand Island">Diocese of Kearney</a>, taking its territory from the Diocese of Omaha.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four years later, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XV" title="Pope Benedict XV">Pope Benedict XV</a> added several more counties from Omaha to Kearney. Scannell died in 1916. </p><p>Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_James_Harty" title="Jeremiah James Harty">Jeremiah Harty</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Manila" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila">Archdiocese of Manilla</a> in the Philippines was named bishop of Omaha by Benedict XV in 1916.<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_cath"><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha#endnote_cath">[1]</a></sup> Though appointed a bishop, Harty retained the personal title of archbishop. In 1917, Harty expressed skepticism of Reverend <a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Flanagan" title="Edward J. Flanagan">Edward J. Flanagan's</a> establishment of <a href="/wiki/Boys_Town_(organization)" title="Boys Town (organization)">Boys Town</a>, a home for troubled boys in Nebraska. However, Harty later endorsed its goals.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sisters of Mercy opened the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Saint_Mary" title="College of Saint Mary">College of Saint Mary</a> for women in Omaha in 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harty died in 1927. </p><p>To replace Harty, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XI" title="Pope Pius XI">Pope Pius XI</a> appointed Reverend <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Rummel" title="Joseph Rummel">Joseph Rummel</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of New York">Archdiocese of New York</a> in 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-OmahaArchdiocese_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OmahaArchdiocese-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rummel became archbishop of the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_New_Orleans" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of New Orleans">Archdiocese of New Orleans</a> in 1935. Pius XI appointed <a href="/wiki/James_Hugh_Ryan" title="James Hugh Ryan">James Ryan</a>, rector of <a href="/wiki/Catholic_higher_education" title="Catholic higher education">Catholic University</a> in Washington, D.C., and <a href="/wiki/Titular_Bishop" class="mw-redirect" title="Titular Bishop">titular bishop</a> of Modra, as the next bishop of Omaha in 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-modra_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-modra-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-catholic-hierarchy.org_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-catholic-hierarchy.org-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1945_to_1993">1945 to 1993</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1945 to 1993"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a> elevated the Diocese of Omaha to the Archdiocese of Omaha on August 4, 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-giga_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-giga-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pope named Ryan as the first archbishop of Omaha. Ryan died in 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-catholic-hierarchy.org_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-catholic-hierarchy.org-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second archbishop of Omaha was Bishop <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Thomas_Bergan" title="Gerald Thomas Bergan">Gerald Bergan</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Des_Moines" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines">Diocese of Des Moines</a>, appointed by Pius XII in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his administration, more than $80 million was spent for new Catholic schools, churches, and hospitals in the archdiocese.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This caused him to become known as the "building bishop".<sup id="cite_ref-omaha4_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omaha4-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Bergan retired in 1969, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> selected Auxiliary Bishop <a href="/wiki/Daniel_E._Sheehan" title="Daniel E. Sheehan">Daniel E. Sheehan</a> of Omaha as the next archbishop.<sup id="cite_ref-omaha5_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omaha5-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sheehan's campaign for educational excellence raised more than $26 million to improve Catholic education in the <a href="/wiki/Omaha_%E2%80%93_Council_Bluffs_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Omaha – Council Bluffs metropolitan area">Omaha Metropolitan Area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-omaha5_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omaha5-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to the reforms of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a>, Sheehan established the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council (APC) in the early 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-omaha5_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omaha5-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He gathered representatives from the clergy, the religious communities and the <a href="/wiki/Laity" title="Laity">laity</a> to share in the archdiocesan decision-making process. The APC placed emphasis on improving family life, youth and young adult ministry, evangelization, social and rural life issues and <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic</a> ministry. Sheehan led capital campaigns to raise funds for archdiocesan improvements, including a $4.5 million refurbishment of the St. James Center.<sup id="cite_ref-omaha5_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omaha5-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His final campaign had a goal of $25 million to build <a href="/wiki/Skutt_Catholic_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Skutt Catholic High School">Skutt Catholic High School</a> in Omaha and take care of other capital needs in the archdiocese.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheehan retired in 1993. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1993_to_present">1993 to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1993 to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Curtiss,_Elden_at_St._Leonard_2013-12-01b.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Curtiss%2C_Elden_at_St._Leonard_2013-12-01b.JPG/220px-Curtiss%2C_Elden_at_St._Leonard_2013-12-01b.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="326" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Curtiss%2C_Elden_at_St._Leonard_2013-12-01b.JPG/330px-Curtiss%2C_Elden_at_St._Leonard_2013-12-01b.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Curtiss%2C_Elden_at_St._Leonard_2013-12-01b.JPG/440px-Curtiss%2C_Elden_at_St._Leonard_2013-12-01b.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1094" data-file-height="1622" /></a><figcaption>Archbishop Curtiss</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Archbishop_George_Lucas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Archbishop_George_Lucas.jpg/220px-Archbishop_George_Lucas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Archbishop_George_Lucas.jpg/330px-Archbishop_George_Lucas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Archbishop_George_Lucas.jpg/440px-Archbishop_George_Lucas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Archbishop Lucas</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> in 1993 appointed Bishop <a href="/wiki/Elden_Francis_Curtiss" title="Elden Francis Curtiss">Elden Curtiss</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Helena" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena">Diocese of Helena</a> as the next archbishop of Omaha. Curtiss retired in 2009. That same year, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> named Bishop <a href="/wiki/George_Joseph_Lucas" title="George Joseph Lucas">George Joseph Lucas</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Springfield_in_Illinois" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois">Diocese of Springfield in Illinois</a> as the fifth archbishop of Omaha.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2010, Lucas suppressed <a href="/wiki/Intercessors_of_the_Lamb" title="Intercessors of the Lamb">Intercessors of the Lamb</a>, a hermit religious community in Omaha, removing it from any association with the Catholic Church. Intercessors was founded in 1980 by Sister Nadine Mae Brown, a member of the Sisters of the Cross. In early 2010, Brown requested that Lucas elevate Intercessors to the status of a <a href="/wiki/Religious_institute" title="Religious institute">religious institute</a>. As part of the approval process, Lucas sent Reverend James Conn, a <a href="/wiki/Canon_law" title="Canon law">canon lawyer</a>, on a <a href="/wiki/Canonical_visitation" title="Canonical visitation">canonical visitation</a> to Intercessors. </p><p>In his report to Lucas, Conn noted that Intercessors had many serious discrepancies and issues in their current operation. Lucas then denied the Intercessors' application and sent the community a list of mandatory reforms to continue as a Catholic organization. Brown resigned from Intercessors and its leadership refused to enact the reforms. Lucas then stripped their approval from the church. The community dissolved soon after.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of October 2024, Lucas is the archbishop of Omaha. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexual_abuse_scandal">Sexual abuse scandal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sexual abuse scandal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1980s and 1990s, Reverend John Fiala amassed accusations of inappropriate behavior toward boys in the Archdiocese of Omaha. However, when Fiala tried to transfer to the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_San_Antonio" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of San Antonio">Archdiocese of San Antonio</a> in 1995, officials in Omaha gave him a clean bill of health. The archdiocese in 2010 settled a lawsuit brought against it by a Texas boy who had been sexually abused there in 2008 by Fiala. After the alleged assault, the boy had told his story to a school counselor; the archdiocese then removed Fiala from ministry. When the boy filed his lawsuit in 2010, Fiala tried to hire a <a href="/wiki/Contract_killing" title="Contract killing">hitman</a> in Texas to murder him. Fiala revealed his plans to an undercover policeman posing as a hitman. Fiala was convicted in Texas of attempted murder in 2010 and sentenced to 40 years in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, he was convicted of sexually abusing the boy and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, a housekeeper found pictures and a video of nude boys in the possessions of Reverend Daniel Herek at his <a href="/wiki/Clergy_house" title="Clergy house">rectory</a> in Omaha. She notified the archdiocese. Herek was convicted in 1998 of sexually assaulting and videotaping a 14-year-old boy and was sentenced to 20 months to five years in prison. He was laicized by the Vatican.<sup id="cite_ref-reportabuse_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportabuse-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002, a jury awarded $800,000 from the archdiocese to a boy who had been abused by Herek.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the lawsuit, Bishop Sheehan denied that he transferred Herek to different parishes due to complaints about sexual abuse. </p><p>In 2002, Archbishop Curtiss removed Reverend Thomas Sellentin, an archdiocesan priest, from public ministry after Sellentin admitted sexually abusing boys over a 30-year period. Curtiss had received numerous complaints from parents and parishes over the previous years.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, three brothers, Richard, Thomas and Steven Schommer, sued the archdiocese, stating they had all been abused by Sellentin.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sellentin was laicized by the Vatican in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of the 2010s, Lucas signed norms stronger than the 2002 Essential Norms (so called Zero Tolerance norms related to sexual abuse of parishioners). In October 2018, Lucas removed Reverend Francis Nigli, pastor of St. Wenceslas Parish in Omaha, from public ministry. A 21-year-old man had accused Nigli of kissing and groping him on church grounds. In 2013, Nigli had been sent away for mental health treatment after making advances to an 18-year-old man.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nigli was permanently banned from ministry by the Vatican in 2021. </p><p> In November 2018, the archdiocese 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.<sup id="cite_ref-reportabuse_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportabuse-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though the earliest incident of abuse on record was alleged to have happened in 1956, the archdiocese acknowledged that it did not record reports of sexual abuse until 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-reportabuse_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportabuse-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a written statement, Lucas wrote,</p><blockquote><p>"We acknowledge this report with sorrow, and know that it will cause a great deal of pain.” 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.”<sup id="cite_ref-reportabuse_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reportabuse-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> In 2020, Lucas and the archdiocese were sued for $2.1 million by Reverend Andrew Syring, an archdiocesan priest. He stated that he had suffered <a href="/wiki/Defamation_of_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Defamation of character">defamation of character</a> by being removed from public ministry and placed on a list of priests accused of sexual abuse. Syring said he was accused of sexual abuse in 2013, but was cleared by an archdiocesan investigation and returned to ministry. In 2018, Lucas removed Syring again from ministry, saying that his record was clean, but that the standards had changed.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bishops">Bishops</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bishops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Apostolic_Vicars_of_Nebraska">Apostolic Vicars of Nebraska</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Apostolic Vicars of Nebraska"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/James_Myles_O%27Gorman" title="James Myles O'Gorman">James Myles O'Gorman</a> (1859–1874)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_O.Connor" class="mw-redirect" title="James O.Connor">James O'Connor</a> (1876–1890)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bishops_of_Omaha">Bishops of Omaha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bishops of Omaha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>James O'Connor (1876–1890)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Scannell" title="Richard Scannell">Richard Scannell</a> (1891–1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_James_Harty" title="Jeremiah James Harty">Jeremiah James Harty</a> (1916–1927), Archbishop (personal title)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Francis_Rummel" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Francis Rummel">Joseph Francis Rummel</a> (1928–1935), appointed <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_New_Orleans" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of New Orleans">Archbishop of New Orleans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hugh_Ryan" title="James Hugh Ryan">James Hugh Ryan</a> (1935–1947) became Archbishop of Omaha in 1945</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archbishops_of_Omaha">Archbishops of Omaha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Archbishops of Omaha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/James_Hugh_Ryan" title="James Hugh Ryan">James Hugh Ryan</a> (1935–1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Thomas_Bergan" title="Gerald Thomas Bergan">Gerald Thomas Bergan</a> (1947–1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_E._Sheehan" title="Daniel E. Sheehan">Daniel E. Sheehan</a> (1969–1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elden_Francis_Curtiss" title="Elden Francis Curtiss">Elden Francis Curtiss</a> (1993–2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Joseph_Lucas" title="George Joseph Lucas">George Joseph Lucas</a> (since 2009)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Auxiliary_bishops">Auxiliary bishops</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Auxiliary bishops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_E._Sheehan" title="Daniel E. Sheehan">Daniel E. Sheehan</a> (1964–1969), appointed Archbishop here</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Michael_Milone" title="Anthony Michael Milone">Anthony Michael Milone</a> (1981–1987), appointed Bishop of Great Falls-Billings</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_diocesan_priests_who_became_bishops">Other diocesan priests who became bishops</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other diocesan priests who became bishops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Blase_Joseph_Cupich" class="mw-redirect" title="Blase Joseph Cupich">Blase Joseph Cupich</a>, appointed Bishop of Rapid City in 1998; future Cardinal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Joseph_Dendinger" title="William Joseph Dendinger">William Joseph Dendinger</a>, appointed Bishop of Grand Island in 2004</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_G._Hanefeldt" title="Joseph G. Hanefeldt">Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt</a>, appointed Bishop of Grand Island in 2015</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Joseph_Hunkeler" title="Edward Joseph Hunkeler">Edward Joseph Hunkeler</a>, appointed Bishop of Grand Island in 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Aloysius_Alphonsus_McGovern" title="Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern">Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern</a>, appointed Bishop of Cheyenne in 1912</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Linus_Paschang" title="John Linus Paschang">John Linus Paschang</a>, appointed Bishop of Grand Island in 1951</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parishes">Parishes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Parishes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th align="center" colspan="6"><b>Omaha parishes of the Archdiocese of Omaha</b><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Parish and date established</b> </td> <td><b>Address</b> </td> <td><b>Notes</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assumption (1894) </td> <td>5434 S 22nd St. </td> <td>Czech heritage </td></tr> <tr> <td>Blessed Sacrament (1919) </td> <td>3020 Curtis Ave. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Christ the King (1953) </td> <td>654 S 86th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Holy Cross (1922) </td> <td>4803 William St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Holy Family (1876) </td> <td>1715 Izard St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Holy Ghost (1918) </td> <td>5219 S 53rd St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Holy Name (1917) </td> <td>2901 Fontenelle Blvd. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception_Church_and_School_(Omaha,_Nebraska)" title="Immaculate Conception Church and School (Omaha, Nebraska)">Immaculate Conception</a> (1897) </td> <td>2708 S 24th St. </td> <td>Polish heritage, celebrates Tridentine masses </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mary Our Queen (1963) </td> <td>3535 S 119th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mother of Perpetual Help (1975) </td> <td>5215 Seward St. </td> <td>Church of the deaf </td></tr> <tr> <td>Our Lady of Fatima </td> <td>709 S 28th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Our Lady of Guadalupe (1919) </td> <td>2310 O St. </td> <td>Spanish heritage </td></tr> <tr> <td>Our Lady of Lourdes (1917) </td> <td>2110 S 32nd Ave. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Catholic_Church_(Omaha,_Nebraska)" title="Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Omaha, Nebraska)">Sacred Heart</a> (1890) </td> <td>2218 Binney St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sacred Heart (1881) </td> <td>200 S 5th St, Norfolk, NE </td> <td>Norfolk, Spanish and English heritages </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Adalbert (1916) </td> <td>2617 S 31st St. </td> <td>Czech and Korean heritages </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Agnes (1889) </td> <td>2215 Q St. </td> <td>Irish and Spanish heritages </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Anthony%27s_Church_and_School_(Cedar_Rapids,_Nebraska)" title="St. Anthony's Church and School (Cedar Rapids, Nebraska)">St. Anthony</a> (1907) </td> <td>5401 S 33rd St. </td> <td>Lithuanian heritage </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Benedict of Moor (1919) </td> <td>2423 Grant St. </td> <td>African American heritage </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Bernard (1905) </td> <td>3601 N 65th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Bernadette </td> <td>7600 So. 42 Street </td> <td>Bellevue </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Bridget (1887) </td> <td>4112 S 26th St. </td> <td>Irish heritage </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Cecilia_Cathedral_(Omaha)" title="St. Cecilia Cathedral (Omaha)">St. Cecilia</a> (1888) </td> <td>715 N 40th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Charles Borromeo (2005) </td> <td>7790 South 192nd St. </td> <td>Gretna </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Columbkille (1878) </td> <td>200 East 6th Street </td> <td>Papillion </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1981) </td> <td>5419 N 114th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Frances_Cabrini_Catholic_Church_(Omaha,_Nebraska)" title="St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church (Omaha, Nebraska)">St. Frances Cabrini</a> (1868) </td> <td>1334 S 9th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Francis Assisi </td> <td>4521 S 32nd St. </td> <td>Polish and Spanish heritages </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Gerald (1962) </td> <td>9602 Q St </td> <td>Lakeview Chapel - 7859 Lakeview St, Ralston </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. James (1963) </td> <td>9025 Larimore Ave. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Joan of Arc (1955) </td> <td>3122 S 74th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Parish_(Omaha,_Nebraska)" title="St. John's Parish (Omaha, Nebraska)">St. John</a> (1897) </td> <td>2500 California St. </td> <td>Creighton University – Omaha </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. John Paul II Newman Center </td> <td>1221 S. 71st St. </td> <td>University of Nebraska – Omaha </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. John Vianney (1974) </td> <td>5801 Oak Hills Dr. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Joseph_Parish_Complex" title="St. Joseph Parish Complex">St. Joseph</a> (1887) </td> <td>1723 S 17th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Leo the Great (1978) </td> <td>1920 N 102nd St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Margaret Mary (1919) </td> <td>6116 Dodge St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Mary (1902) </td> <td>3529 Q St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Mary </td> <td>2302 Crawford Street </td> <td>Bellevue </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Mary Magdalene (1868) </td> <td>109 S 19th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Matthew </td> <td>12210 So. 36 Street </td> <td>Bellevue </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Bernadette </td> <td>7600 So. 42 St. </td> <td>Bellevue </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Patrick (1868) </td> <td>204th & Maple St. </td> <td>Elkhorn </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Patrick (1883) </td> <td>1404 Castelar St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Peter </td> <td>709 S 28th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Philip Neri (1904) </td> <td>8200 N 30th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Pius X (1954) </td> <td>6905 Blondo St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Richard (1963) </td> <td>4320 Fort St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Robert Bellarmine (1966) </td> <td>11802 Pacific St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Rose of Lima (1919) </td> <td>4102 S 13th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Stanislaus (1919) </td> <td>4002 J St. </td> <td>Polish heritage </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Stephen the Martyr (1989) </td> <td>16701 S St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Therese of the Child Jesus (1918) </td> <td>2423 Grant St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Thomas More (1958) </td> <td>4804 Grover St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Vincent de Paul (1991) </td> <td>14330 Eagle Run Dr. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Wenceslaus (1877) </td> <td>15353 Pacific St. </td> <td>Czech heritage </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sts. Peter and Paul (1917) </td> <td>5912 S 36th St. </td> <td>Lithuanian, Croatian, Slovenian, and Hungarian heritages <sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Omaha_Catholic_schools">Omaha Catholic schools</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Omaha Catholic schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Summary">Summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Omaha Catholic Schools is a school district in the Archdiocese of Omaha. Over 20,000 students attend Omaha Catholic Schools each year. All schools are accredited or approved by the state of Nebraska. The school district is composed of: </p> <ul><li>54 elementary schools</li> <li>One private 4th-8th grade school</li> <li>Four corporation high schools</li> <li>Three K-12th grade schools</li> <li>One special needs K-12th grade school</li> <li>Ten private high schools</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_schools">High schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: High schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th align="center" colspan="6"><b>Catholic secondary schools in the Omaha area</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th>School name </th> <th>Type </th> <th>City </th> <th>Address </th> <th>Date of founding </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/All_Saints_Catholic_School_(Omaha)" class="mw-redirect" title="All Saints Catholic School (Omaha)">All Saints Catholic School</a> </td> <td>K-8 </td> <td>Omaha </td> <td>1335 S. 10th St. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Archbishop_Bergan_High_School" title="Archbishop Bergan High School">Archbishop Bergan High School</a> </td> <td>6–12 </td> <td>Fremont </td> <td> </td> <td>1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Catholic_High_School" title="Cedar Catholic High School">Cedar Catholic High School</a> </td> <td>Rural </td> <td>Hartington </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Catholic_High_School_(West_Point,_Nebraska)" title="Central Catholic High School (West Point, Nebraska)">Central Catholic High School</a> </td> <td>Rural </td> <td>West Point </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Creighton_Preparatory_School" title="Creighton Preparatory School">Creighton Preparatory School</a> </td> <td>All boys </td> <td>Omaha </td> <td>7400 Western Ave. </td> <td>1878 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_J._Gross_Catholic_High_School" title="Daniel J. Gross Catholic High School">Daniel J. Gross Catholic High School</a> </td> <td>Private </td> <td>Bellevue </td> <td> </td> <td>1968 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Duchesne_Academy_of_the_Sacred_Heart_(Nebraska)" title="Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart (Nebraska)">Duchesne Academy</a> </td> <td>All girls </td> <td>Omaha </td> <td>3601 Burt St. </td> <td>1881 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Family_High_School_(Lindsay,_Nebraska)" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Family High School (Lindsay, Nebraska)">Holy Family High School</a> </td> <td>K-12 </td> <td>Lindsay </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marian_High_School_(Nebraska)" title="Marian High School (Nebraska)">Marian High School</a> </td> <td>All girls </td> <td>Omaha </td> <td>7400 Military Ave. </td> <td>1955 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercy_High_School_(Omaha,_Nebraska)" title="Mercy High School (Omaha, Nebraska)">Mercy High School</a> </td> <td>All girls </td> <td>Omaha </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Michael_Benedictine_Abbey_and_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Michael Benedictine Abbey and High School">Mount Michael Benedictine Abbey and High School</a> </td> <td>All boys </td> <td>Omaha </td> <td> </td> <td>1953 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Catholic_High_School" title="Norfolk Catholic High School">Norfolk Catholic High School</a> </td> <td>Rural </td> <td>Norfolk </td> <td> </td> <td>1926 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII_Central_Catholic_High_School" title="Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School">Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School</a> </td> <td>Rural </td> <td>Elgin </td> <td> </td> <td>1967 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roncalli_Catholic_High_School_(Omaha,_Nebraska)" class="mw-redirect" title="Roncalli Catholic High School (Omaha, Nebraska)">Roncalli Catholic High School</a> </td> <td>Private </td> <td>Omaha </td> <td>6401 Sorensen Parkway </td> <td>1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Francis_High_School_(Humphrey,_Nebraska)" title="St. Francis High School (Humphrey, Nebraska)">St. Francis High School</a> </td> <td>K-12 </td> <td>Humphrey </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_High_School_(O%27Neill,_Nebraska)" title="St. Mary's High School (O'Neill, Nebraska)">St. Mary's High School</a> </td> <td>K-12 </td> <td>O'Neill </td> <td> </td> <td>1900 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Peter_Claver_Cristo_Rey_Catholic_High_School" title="St. Peter Claver Cristo Rey Catholic High School">St. Peter Claver Cristo Rey Catholic High School</a> </td> <td>Corporation </td> <td>Omaha </td> <td> </td> <td>2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotus_Central_Catholic_High_School" title="Scotus Central Catholic High School">Scotus Central Catholic High School</a> </td> <td>Rural </td> <td>Columbus </td> <td> </td> <td>1889 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/V._J._and_Angela_Skutt_Catholic_High_School" title="V. J. and Angela Skutt Catholic High School">V. J. and Angela Skutt Catholic High School</a> </td> <td>Private </td> <td>Omaha </td> <td>3131 S. 156th Street </td> <td>1993 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Suffragan_sees">Suffragan sees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Suffragan sees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ecclesiastical_Province_of_Omaha.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Ecclesiastical_Province_of_Omaha.png/235px-Ecclesiastical_Province_of_Omaha.png" decoding="async" width="235" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Ecclesiastical_Province_of_Omaha.png/353px-Ecclesiastical_Province_of_Omaha.png 1.5x, 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Thomas Bergan">Gerald Thomas Bergan</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Daniel_E._Sheehan" title="Daniel E. 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Sheehan</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elden_Francis_Curtiss" title="Elden Francis Curtiss">Elden Francis Curtiss</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/George_Joseph_Lucas" title="George Joseph Lucas">George Joseph Lucas</a></dd></dl> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha.svg/100px-Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha.svg/150px-Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha.svg/200px-Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="854" data-file-height="1245" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Auxiliary bishops</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Daniel_E._Sheehan" title="Daniel E. 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Gross Catholic High School, Bellevue</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Duchesne_Academy_of_the_Sacred_Heart_(Nebraska)" title="Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart (Nebraska)">Duchesne Academy, Omaha</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Holy_Family_High_School_(Lindsay,_Nebraska)" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Family High School (Lindsay, Nebraska)">Holy Family High School, Lindsay</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marian_High_School_(Nebraska)" title="Marian High School (Nebraska)">Marian High School, Omaha</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mercy_High_School_(Omaha,_Nebraska)" title="Mercy High School (Omaha, Nebraska)">Mercy High School, Omaha</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mount_Michael_Benedictine_School" title="Mount Michael Benedictine School">Mount Michael Benedictine School, Omaha</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Catholic_High_School" title="Norfolk Catholic High School">Norfolk Catholic High School, Norfolk</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII_Central_Catholic_High_School" title="Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School">Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School, Elgin</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Roncalli_Catholic_High_School" title="Roncalli Catholic High School">Roncalli Catholic High School, Omaha</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/St._Francis_High_School_(Humphrey,_Nebraska)" title="St. Francis High School (Humphrey, Nebraska)">St. Francis High School, Humphrey</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_High_School_(O%27Neill,_Nebraska)" title="St. Mary's High School (O'Neill, Nebraska)">St. Mary's High School, O'Neill</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Scotus_Central_Catholic_High_School" title="Scotus Central Catholic High School">Scotus Central Catholic High School, Columbus</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/V._J._and_Angela_Skutt_Catholic_High_School" title="V. 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