Diocesan Financial Report 2014, Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln, November 26, 2014

Diocesan Financial Report 2014

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln
November 26, 2014

http://www.lincolndiocese.org/news/diocesan-news/3030-diocesan-financial-report-2014

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

The following pages of the Southern Nebraska Register contain a summary of the Diocese of Lincoln’s annual financial statement for the fiscal year completed on June 30, 2014. This statement is audited by an independent public accounting firm to ensure that it contains accurate information about the financial administration of the Diocese of Lincoln. I am very pleased to share this information with you, so that you can review and understand the financial stewardship of the Catholic Church in southern Nebraska.

The financial report addresses the central administration and ministry offices of the Diocese of Lincoln. It includes the Office of the Bishop, and the Offices of Vocations, Family Life and Evangelization, Education, Finance, Hispanic Ministry, and many others. This report does not include the financial information for related ecclesiastical entities such as parishes and Catholic schools, Catholic Social Services, St. Gregory the Great Seminary, or the Catholic Foundation. Each of these entities, which are administered separately from the Diocese of Lincoln, manage their finances individually, and are subject to the review of the bishop, the diocesan Finance Council, the Holy See, and, in some cases, to independent financial auditors.

I share this report with you because your generous financial stewardship makes the ministries of the Diocese of Lincoln possible. All of us—priests, seminarians, religious sisters, and lay Catholics—are responsible for the mission of the Church. There are more than 90,000 Catholics in the Diocese of Lincoln, and each of us is called to proclaim Christ, to witness to the Gospel, and to pray and support the ministry of the Church.

My vocation, as diocesan bishop, is to lead, to coordinate our apostolic activity, and to be a good steward of the responsibilities and the resources the Church has been given.