Diocese of Birmingham
| Diocese of Birmingham | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mobile |
| Diocesan bishop | Steven John Raica |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Robert Joseph Baker |
| founding | 1969 |
| surface | 72,728 km² |
| Parishes | 78 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 3,072,933 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 104.125 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 3.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 74 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 25 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,052 |
| Permanent deacons | 64 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 64 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 117 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Paul |
| Website | www.bhmdiocese.org |
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The Diocese of Birmingham ( Latin Dioecesis Birminghamiensis ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Birmingham , Alabama .
history
The Diocese of Birmingham was created on June 28, 1969 as a result of the division of the Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of New Orleans as a suffragan . On July 29, 1980, the diocese of Birmingham was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mobile as a suffragan.
territory
The diocese of Birmingham includes the areas of Bibb County , Blount County , Calhoun County , Chambers County , Cherokee County , Chilton County , Clay County , Cleburne County , Colbert County , Coosa County , Cullman County , DeKalb County , Etowah County , Fayette in the state of Alabama County , Franklin County , Greene County , Hale County , Jackson County , Jefferson County , Lamar County , Lauderdale County , Lawrence County , Limestone County , Madison County , Marengo County , Marion County , Marshall County , Morgan County , Perry County , Pickens County , Randolph County , St. Clair County , Shelby County , Sumter County , Talladega County , Tallapoosa County , Tuscaloosa County , Walker County, and Winston County .
Bishops of Birmingham
- Joseph Gregory Vath , 1969–1987
- Raymond James Boland , 1988–1993, then Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph
- David Edward Foley , 1994-2005
- Robert Joseph Baker , 2007-2020
- Steven John Raica , since 2020