The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the state of Missouri in the United States, erected on September 10, 1880, as the Diocese of Kansas City, with territories taken from the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Its first bishop was John Joseph Hogan. On July 2, 1956, the diocese incorporated the territory of the Diocese of Saint Joseph, giving the Diocese its current name; it now covers 15,429 square miles (39,960 km2) in northern and western Missouri.
The bishop since May 2005 is Robert William Finn.
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