Diocese of Jackson
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mobile |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Kopacz |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Joseph Nunzio Latino |
| Vicar General | Elvin Sunds |
| founding | July 18, 1826 |
| surface | 97,495 km² |
| Parishes | 75 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 2,132,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 50,800 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 2.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 49 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 32 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 627 |
| Permanent deacons | 6 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Friars | 43 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 195 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle |
| Website | www.jacksondiocese.org |
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The Diocese of Jackson ( lat. : Dioecesis Jacksoniensis ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Jackson , Mississippi .
history
The Diocese of Jackson was on July 18, 1826 by Pope Leo XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Inter multiplices from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Louisiana and the two Floridas as the Apostolic Vicariate of Mississippi . The Vicariate Apostolic Mississippi was founded on July 28, 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI. raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese of Natchez . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of New Orleans as a suffragan on July 19, 1850 . The Diocese of Natchez was renamed the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson on December 18, 1956 . On March 1, 1977, the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson gave parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Biloxi . The Diocese of Natchez-Jackson was renamed the Diocese of Jackson on March 1, 1977 . On July 29, 1980, the Diocese of Jackson was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mobile as a suffragan.
territory
The diocese of Jackson comprises the northern and central parts of the state of Mississippi .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Mississippi
- Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg PSS , 1825–1826, then Bishop of Montauban
Bishops of Natchez
- John Joseph Mary Benedict Chanche PSS, 1840-1852
- James Oliver Van de Velde SJ , 1853-1855
- William Henry Elder , 1857–1880, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati
- Francis Janssens , 1881–1888, then Archbishop of New Orleans
- Thomas Heslin , 1889-1911
- John Edward Gunn SM , 1911-1924
- Richard Oliver Gerow , 1924-1956
Bishops of Natchez-Jackson
- Richard Oliver Gerow, 1956-1967
- Joseph Bernard Brunini , 1967–1977
Bishops of Jackson
- Joseph Bernard Brunini, 1977-1984
- William Russell Houck , 1984-2003
- Joseph Nunzio Latino , 2003–2013
- Joseph Kopacz , since 2013