SIOUX CITY, Diocese of. - Diocese and city of the State of Iowa (U.S.A.). The diocese of S. C., a suffragan of Dubuque, was created by Leo XIII on 15 Jan. 1902 by the partition of Dubuque.

The total population of S. C. is 543,664 inhabitants, of whom 84,321 are Catholics scattered over an area of 14,518 miles. There are 192 diocesan priests (17 religious: Congr. of the Most Precious Blood, Franciscans, Benedictines, Missionaries of La Salette), 145 parishes, 28 chapels, 24 missions, 5 stations, 1 religious seminary, 1 college, 2 orphanages, 7 hospitals, 17 female congregations.

The city of S. C. is situated on the western frontier of Iowa, on the east bank of the Missouri River, 100 m. north of Omaha, in the center of a rich agricultural country. The population is composed of English-speaking and German-speaking inhabitants. For the early history of the diocese v. DUBUQUE.

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BIBL.: Ph. J. Garrigan, s. v. in Cath. Enc., XIII, p. 16; The Official Cath. Directory, 1950, New York 1950, pp. 552-554; Th. Boemer, The Cath. Church in the U. S., St. Louis-London 1950, p. 327 ff.

Gastone Carrière

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