Archdiocese of Atlanta
| Archdiocese of Atlanta | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Diocesan bishop | Gregory John Hart Mayer , OFM Conv |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Bernard Shlesinger Joel Konzen SM |
| founding | 1962 |
| surface | 55,521 km² |
| Parishes | 166 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 7,200,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 1,007,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 14% |
| Diocesan priest | 190 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 28 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,619 |
| Permanent deacons | 244 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 52 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 86 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the King |
| Website | www.archatl.com |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Charleston Diocese of Charlotte Diocese of Raleigh Diocese of Savannah |
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The Archdiocese of Atlanta ( Latin Archidioecesis Atlantensis , English Archdiocese of Atlanta ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
History and present
The US Archdiocese of Atlanta was created on July 2, 1956 through a division of the Savannah-Atlanta Diocese and in 1959 had 24,414 Catholics (1.4%) in 26 parishes with 31 diocesan priests , 78 religious priests and 174 religious sisters .
On February 10, 1962 raised to the archbishopric , and thus detached as a suffragan from the Archdiocese of Baltimore , it received the dioceses of Charleston , Charlotte , Raleigh and Savannah to suffragan.
With its 55,521 square kilometers, the archdiocese comprises a total of 69 counties in northern Georgia .
In November 2018, the Archdiocese published a five-page list of priests who had been credibly accused of sexual offenses .
Bishops of Atlanta
- Francis Edward Hyland (July 17, 1956 - October 11, 1961)
Archbishops of Atlanta
- Paul John Hallinan (February 19, 1962 - March 27, 1968)
- Thomas Andrew Donnellan (May 24, 1968 - October 15, 1987)
- Eugene Antonio Marino SSJ (March 14, 1988 - July 10, 1990)
- James Patterson Lyke OFM (July 10, 1990 - December 27, 1992)
- John Francis Donoghue (June 22, 1993 - December 9, 2004)
- Wilton Daniel Gregory (December 9, 2004 - April 4, 2019, then Archbishop of Washington )
- Gregory John Hartmayer OFMConv (since March 5, 2020)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Archdiocese of Atlanta lists the names of priests who are suspected of being abused. kath.net from November 13, 2018
- ↑ Archdiocese of Atlanta, untitled list from November 6, 2018 ( memento of the original from November 13, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Home of the Cathedral of Atlanta (English)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Atlanta on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)