All Dioceses


Diocese of Des Moines
Suffragan of Province of Dubuque
Current Leadership
Affiliated Bishops
Current Leadership
Former Ordinaries

Most Rev. Richard Pates
2008–2019
Most Rev. Joseph Charron
1993–2007
Most Rev. William H. Bullock
1987–1993
Most Rev. Maurice J. Dingman
1968–1986
Most Rev. George Biskup
1965–1967
Most Rev. Edward C. Daly
1948–1964
Most Rev. Gerald T. Bergan
1934–1948

Most Rev. Thomas W. Drumm
1919–1933

Most Rev. Austin Dowling
1912–1919