Our Leaders
On August 29,1956, the Vatican reorganized the Missouri dioceses. In addition to carving out new Sees in Jefferson City and Springfield-Cape Girardeau, the restructuring joined the Dioceses of St. Joseph and Kansas City. Archbishop Edwin V. O'Hara, third bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City, took the helm of the newly formed diocese as its first bishop.
Diocese of St. Joseph
Bishop John J. Hogan
March 3, 1868 - September 9, 1880
Bishop Maurice F. Burke
June 19, 1893 - March 17, 1923
Bishop Francis Gilfillan
March 17, 1923 - January 13, 1933
Bishop Charles H. LeBlond
July 21, 1933 - August 24, 1956
Bishop John P. Cody
August 24, 1956 - September 11, 1956
Diocese of Kansas City
September 10, 1880 - February 21, 1913
Bishop Thomas F. Lillis
February 21, 1913 - December 29, 1938
Archbishop Edwin V. O'Hara
April 15, 1939 - August 29, 1956
Diocese of Kansas City ~ St. Joseph
Archbishop Edwin V. O'Hara
August 29, 1956 - September 11, 1956
Bishop John P. Cody
September 11, 1956 - August 10, 1961
Bishop Charles H. Helmsing
January 27, 1962 - August 17, 1977
Bishop John J. Sullivan
August 17, 1977 - September 9, 1993
Bishop Raymond J. Boland, Emeritus
September 9, 1993 - May 24, 2005
Bishop Robert W. Finn
Mary 24, 2005 - present