Territory Arkansas Denomination Roman Catholic Established 28 November 1843 Bishop Anthony Taylor | Population- Catholics 122,842 (4.1%) Phone +1 501-664-0340 | |
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Address 2500 N Tyler St, Little Rock, AR 72207, USA Hours Closed now Tuesday8:30AM–5PMWednesday8:30AM–5PMThursday8:30AM–5PMFriday8:30AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8:30AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar Cathedral Of St Andrew, Little Rock Church of Christ, St Edward Catholic Church, Our Lady of the Holy Souls Cat, Arkansas Catholic Newspaper Profiles | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock (Latin: Dioecesis Petriculana) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Oklahoma City located in the US state of Arkansas. It was founded on November 28, 1843.
Contents
Ordinaries
The following are lists of ordinaries and their years of service:
Bishops
- Andrew Byrne (1843 - 1862)
- Edward Fitzgerald (1866–1907)
- John Baptist Morris (1907–1946)
- Albert Lewis Fletcher (1946–1972)
- Andrew Joseph McDonald (1972–2000)
- J. Peter Sartain (2000–2006)
- Anthony Taylor (2008–present)
Auxiliary Bishop
High schools
Defunct high schools
Excommunications
On September 28, 2007, Msgr. J. Gaston Hebert, the diocese administrator (per the July 11 Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) stated that 6 Arkansas nuns were excommunicated for heresy (the first in the diocese's 165-year history). They refused to recant the doctrines of the Community of the Lady of All Nations (Army of Mary). The 6 nuns are members of the Good Shepherd Monastery of Our Lady of Charity and Refuge in Hot Springs. Sister Mary Theresa Dionne, 82, one of the 6, said they will still live at the convent property, which they own. The sect believed that its 86-year-old founder, Marie Paule Giguere, is the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary.