Diocese of Des Moines

DIOCESE OF DES MOINES (Dioecesis Desmoinensis)

Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1911

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Origin/meaning

The name of the city was taken from that of the river, which in turn is supposed to represent a corruption by the French of the original name, Moingona,--the French at first using the abbreviation 'moin ', and calling the river 'la riviere des moins,' and then, the name haying become associated with the Trappist monks, changing it into 'la riviere 'des moines '.

Thus the arms of the diocese are those of the Trappist-Cistercian Order (field of fleur-de-lys, with a small shield of Burgundy). To this was added a crenellated chief, thus showing the Cistercian arms as if on a city wall.

Arms of Bishops

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Dabiel Austin Dowling (1912-1919)
Thomas William Drumm (1919-1933)
Gerald Thomas Bergan (1934-1948)
Edward Celestin Daly (1948-1964)
George Biskup (1965-1967)
Maurice John Dingman (1968-1986)
William Henry Bullock (1987-1993)
Joseph Léo Charron (1993-2007)
Richard Edmund Pates (2008-2019)
William Michael Joensen (2019-present)

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