Diocese of Biloxi
Diocese of Biloxi | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mobile |
Diocesan bishop | Louis Kihneman |
founding | 1977 |
surface | 24,992 km² |
Parishes | 43 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
Residents | 818,801 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
Catholics | 57,912 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
proportion of | 7.1% |
Diocesan priest | 61 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
Religious priest | 20 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 715 |
Permanent deacons | 40 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
Friars | 30 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 28 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
Website | www.biloxidiocese.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Diocese of Biloxi ( lat. : Dioecesis Biloxiiensis ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese based in Biloxi (Mississippi) .
It was made by Pope Paul VI. built on March 1, 1977 and was created by the separation of areas of the Diocese of Jackson .
Bishops
- Joseph Lawson Howze , March 8, 1977 - May 15, 2001
- Thomas John Rodi , May 15, 2001 - April 2, 2008, then Archbishop of Mobile
- Roger Paul Morin , March 2, 2009 - December 16, 2016
- Louis Kihneman , since December 16, 2016