The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City is the Roman Catholic diocese for the northwestern quarter of the state of Iowa, US The diocese comprises 24 counties in northwestern Iowa, and it covers an area of 14,518 square miles (37,600 km2).
The See city for the diocese is Sioux City, Iowa. The Latin title is Dioecesis Siopolitanensis, and the corporate title is the Diocese of Sioux City. The cathedral parish for this diocese is the Cathedral of the Epiphany in Sioux City.
Currently, R. Walker Nickless is bishop of Sioux City. He succeeded Daniel N. DiNardo, who served from 1998 to 2004. In January 2004 Bishop DiNardo was named the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, and he became the coadjutor archbishop with that diocese's elevation to archdiocese in December 2004. The office of bishop was sede vacante until November 2005 when Pope Benedict XVI named R. Walker Nickless as the new bishop of the diocese. Nickless was ordained as bishop of Sioux City on January 20, 2006. While the bishop's office was vacant, the diocese was led by Monsinor Roger J. Augustine, who served as diocesan administrator. Bishop Lawrence D. Soens is the bishop emeritus, or retired bishop, for this diocese.
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