elevation to diocese Bishops of Leavenworth Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B. (1877–1904) Thomas Francis Lillis (1904–1910), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Kansas City in Missouri and subsequently succeeded to that see John Chamberlain Ward (1910–1929) Francis Johannes (1929–1937) Paul Clarence Schulte (1937–1946), appointed Archbishop of Indianapolis George Joseph Donnelly (1946–1947), title changed with title of diocese Bishops of Kansas City in Kansas George Joseph Donnelly (1947–1950) Edward Joseph Hunkeler (1951–1952), elevated to Archbishop Archbishops of Kansas City in Kansas Edward Joseph Hunkeler (1952–1969) Ignatius Jerome Strecker (1969–1993) James Patrick Keleher (1993–2005) Joseph Fred Naumann (2005–present) Other priests of this diocese who became bishops James O'Reilly, appointed Bishop of Leavenworth in 1887 (because of his death, did not take effect) John Francis Cunningham, appointed Bishop of Concordia in 1898 High schools Bishop Miege High School, Roeland Park Bishop Ward High School, Kansas City Hayden High School, Topeka Immaculata High School, Leavenworth - Closed 2017 Maur Hill – Mount Academy*, Atchison (until 2003, separate schools for boys (Maur Hill) and girls (Mount Academy)) St. James Academy, Lenexa St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Overland Park * Primary sponsorship comes from Saint Benedict's Abbey and Mount St. Scholastica Monastery. See also Catholic Church by country Catholic Church hierarchy List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States References External links Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Official Site Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Kansas City Kansas City in Kansas Kansas City in Kansas Kansas City in Kansas 1877 establishments in Kansas