Diocese of Savannah
| Diocese of Savannah | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Atlanta |
| Diocesan bishop | Stephen Parkes (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | John Kevin Boland |
| founding | 1850 |
| surface | 95,928 km² |
| Parishes | 56 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 2,998,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 77,055 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 2.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 92 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 707 |
| Permanent deacons | 73 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 21 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 71 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (John the Baptist) |
| address | 601 East Liberty St. Savannah GA 31401-5196 |
| Website | www.diosav.org |
That in the United States located Diocese of Savannah ( Latin Dioecesis Savannensis , English Diocese of Savannah ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Savannah , Georgia .
history
It was established on July 3, 1850 with a size of 58,980 square kilometers from areas of the dioceses of Charleston and Mobile . As such, it was suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of Baltimore . After it changed its name to Savannah-Atlanta on January 5, 1937, it counted 30,922 Catholics (1%) in 63 parishes with 38 diocesan priests , 91 religious priests and 295 religious sisters in 1950 .
On July 2, 1956, the diocese in Savannah and the newly established diocese of Atlanta were divided, which the diocese of Savannah has been subordinate to as a suffragan since February 10, 1962.
Bishops of Savannah
- Francis Xavier Gartland (1850-1854)
- John Barry (1857-1859)
- Augustin Verot PSS (1861–1870, then Bishop of Saint Augustine )
- Ignatius Persico OFMCap (1870–1874, then coadjutor of the Bishop of Aquino-Sora-Pontecorvo )
- William Hickley Gross CSsR (1873–1885, then Archbishop of Oregon City )
- Thomas Andrew Becker (1886–1899)
- Benjamin Joseph Keiley (1900-1922)
- Michael Joseph Keyes SM (1922-1935)
- Gerald Patrick O'Hara (1935-1959)
- Thomas Joseph McDonough (1960–1967, then Archbishop of Louisville )
- Gerard Louis Frey (1967–1972, then Bishop of Lafayette )
- Raymond William Lessard (1973–1995)
- John Kevin Boland (1995-2011)
- Gregory John Hartmayer OFMConv (2011–2020)
- Stephen Parkes (since 2020)
