The Youngstown Diocese is going to have a farewell Mass for Bishop-elect Keehner on Sunday, March 23 at 3 p.m. CST,
Our Mission
We, the Bishop and ministers of the Roman Catholic Church of
the Diocese of Sioux City, declare our mission to nurture the
Body of Christ through our Baptismal call to proclaim, celebrate,
serve and teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Bishop R. Walker Nickless was named the seventh bishop in the 108-year history of the Diocese of Sioux City on November 10, 2005. As the Holy Father named Father John Keehner as bishop-elect of the diocese on Feb. 12, Bishop Nickless is now our diocesan apostolic administrator until the bishop-elect is ordained May 1.
Bishop Nickless was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Denver on August 4, 1973. Before his appointment as Bishop, then Monsignor Nickless served as pastor of Our Lady of Fatima parish in Lakewood, Colorado and as Vicar General of the Archdiocese.