Diocese of Nashville
| Diocese of Nashville | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Louisville |
| Diocesan bishop | Mark Spalding |
| founding | 1837 |
| surface | 42,222 km² |
| Parishes | 52 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,563,058 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 79,521 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 3.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 64 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 925 |
| Permanent deacons | 97 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 250 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Incarnation |
| address | 2400 Twenty-First Ave. South Nashville, TN 37212-5387 |
| Website | www.dioceseofnashville.com |
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The Diocese of Nashville ( Latin Dioecesis Nashvillensis , English Diocese of Nashville ) is an American diocese , which was founded on July 28, 1837 in Nashville , Tennessee and emerged from the diocese of Bardstown .
Bishops
- Richard Pius Miles OP , July 28, 1837 - February 21, 1860
- James Whelan OP, February 21, 1860 - February 12, 1864
- Patrick Augustine Feehan , June 7, 1865 - September 10, 1880, then Archbishop of Chicago
- Joseph (James) Rademacher , April 3, 1883 - July 15, 1893, then Bishop of Fort Wayne
- Thomas Sebastian Byrne , May 10, 1894 - September 4, 1923
- Alphonse John Smith , December 23, 1923 - December 16, 1935
- William Lawrence Adrian , February 6, 1936 - September 4, 1969
- Joseph Aloysius Durick , September 10, 1969 - April 2, 1975
- James Daniel Niedergeses , April 8, 1975 - October 13, 1992
- Edward Urban Kmiec , October 13, 1992 - August 12, 2004, then Bishop of Buffalo
- David Raymond Choby , December 20, 2005 - June 3, 2017
- Mark Spalding , since November 21, 2017
Web links
Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville