David Kagan

David Dennis Kagan (born November 9, 1949) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Bismarck since 2011.

[3] After his 1975 ordination, the diocese assigned Kagan as parochial vicar of Saint Patrick Parish in Dixon, Illinois, and as a teacher of religious education at Newman Central Catholic High School in Sterling, Illinois.

He was admitted to the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem as a knight commander in March 1995.

[4] In 1994, Kagan was named vicar general and moderator of the curia for the diocese by his bishop, as well as honorary prelate by the Vatican.

[7] In June 2022, Kagan announced that the diocese would investigate the life of Michelle Duppong, a missionary from North Dakota, as part of a possible campaign for her beatification and canonization.