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Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis

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Territory
  
West Tennessee

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Established
  
June 20, 1970

Bishop
  
Martin Holley

Country
  
United States of America

Population - Catholics
  
65,779 (4.5%)

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+1 901-373-1200

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Joseph Edward Kurtz

Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis

Address
  
5825 Shelby Oaks Dr, Memphis, TN 38134, USA

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, Memphis

Similar
  
Memphis Catholic Diocese, Cathedral of the Immacula, St Paul Catholic School, St Augustine Catholic, St Peter Catholic Church

Profiles

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis (Latin: Dioecesis Memphitana in Tennesia) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Tennessee. It was founded on June 20, 1970, when Pope Paul VI removed the counties in the state west of the Tennessee River from the Diocese of Nashville, which, prior to that time, encompassed the entire state.

Contents

The diocese is broken into two deaneries, the Memphis Deanery comprising Shelby County and the Jackson Deanery which encompassed the other 20 counties in the diocese. Currently, there are 28 parishes in the Memphis Deanery, 14 parishes and 5 missions in the Jackson Deanery.

Ordinaries

The following is a list of Bishops who served the Diocese of Memphis, along with their dates of service:

  • Carroll Thomas Dozier (1970–1982)
  • James Francis Stafford (1982–1986)
  • Daniel M. Buechlein (1987–1992)
  • J. Terry Steib (1993—2016)
  • Martin David Holley (2016—)
  • Education

    There are a total of 28 schools with a total of more than 8000 students. The high schools include:

  • Christian Brothers High School, Memphis
  • Immaculate Conception Cathedral High School, Memphis
  • Memphis Catholic High School, Memphis
  • St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School, Memphis
  • Saint Benedict at Auburndale High School, Cordova (Memphis)
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus High School*, Jackson
  • * Operates independently and with the blessing of the Bishop.

    Closed schools

  • Bishop Byrne High School, Memphis
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis Wikipedia