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As the 11th bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita, Kansas. Bishop Carl A. Kemme was ordained to the fullness of the priesthood on Thursday, May 1, 2014. About Bishop KemmePersonalBishop Kemme is the son of Donald and Marita (Kortte) Kemme. He has four brothers and one sister and grew up on a small family farm in rural Shumway, Illinois. His family attended and his parents are still members of the Church of the Annunciation Parish there.EducationHe was a student at Shumway Elementary School and Beecher City High School and then attended St. Henry’s Preparatory Seminary in Belleville where he received his high school diploma. He entered the diocesan seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield in 1978, and then graduated from Cardinal Glennon College and Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, where he earned a bachelor of arts and a master of divinity degree.Priesthood.