Diocese of Knoxville
| Diocese of Knoxville | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Louisville |
| Diocesan bishop | Richard Frank Stika |
| founding | 1988 |
| surface | 36,872 km² |
| Parishes | 49 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 2,426,545 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 71,934 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 3% |
| Diocesan priest | 68 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 867 |
| Permanent deacons | 76 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 24 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 53 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Website | www.dioknox.org |
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The Diocese of Knoxville ( Latin Dioecesis Knoxvillensis , English Diocese of Knoxville ) is a in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Knoxville , Tennessee .
history
The Diocese of Knoxville was established on May 27, 1988 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Antiquitus sane from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Nashville and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Louisville as a suffragan .
territory
The Diocese of Knoxville includes the areas of Anderson County , Bledsoe County , Blount County , Bradley County , Campbell County , Carter County , Claiborne County , Cocke County , Cumberland County , Fentress County , Grainger County , Greene County , Hamblen County , Hamilton in the state of Tennessee County , Hancock County , Hawkins County , Jefferson County , Johnson County , Knox County , Meigs County , Pickett County , Unicoi County, and Union County .
Bishops of Knoxville
- Anthony Joseph O'Connell , 1988–1998, then Bishop of Palm Beach
- Joseph Edward Kurtz , 1999–2007, then Archbishop of Louisville
- Richard Frank Stika , since 2009
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Knoxville (English)
- Entry for the Diocese of Knoxville on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Antiquitus sane , AAS 80 (1988), n.12, pp. 1499f.
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