Diocese of Des Moines
Diocese of Des Moines Diœcesis Desmoinensis | |
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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
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| Parishes | 81 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | August 12, 1911 (114 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Saint Ambrose Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Mary, Queen of Heaven Pope Pius X |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | William Michael Joensen |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Robert Zinkula |
| Bishops emeritus | Joseph Leo Charron Richard Pates |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| dmdiocese.org | |
The Diocese of Des Moines (Latin: Diœcesis Desmoinensis) is a Catholic diocese in southwestern Iowa in the United States. It is a suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque. The cathedral is St. Ambrose in Des Moines. William Joensen is bishop.