Archdiocese of Indianapolis
| Archdiocese of Indianapolis | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Diocesan bishop | Charles Coleman Thompson |
| founding | 1834 |
| surface | 35,768 km² |
| Parishes | 139 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 2,640,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 249,500 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 9.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 140 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 94 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,066 |
| Permanent deacons | 30 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Friars | 165 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 578 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral |
| address | PO Box 1410 Indianapolis IN 46206-1410; 1400 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46202-2367 USA |
| Website | www.archindy.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Evansville Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese of Gary Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana |
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Located in the USA , the Archdiocese of Indianapolis ( Latin : Archidioecesis Indianapolitana ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Indianapolis , Indiana .
It was spun off from the Bardstown diocese on May 6, 1834 and established as the Vincennes diocese with the territories of Indiana and eastern Illinois . As such, it now belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Cincinnati . On November 28, 1843, there were with the diocese of Saint Louis from some areas to establish the diocese of Chicago , before the diocese of Fort Wayne was detached from it on January 8, 1857 . On March 28, 1898, the diocese changed its name to Indianapolis. On October 21, 1944, the Diocese of Evansville was established from parts of the diocesan territory .
Since October 21, 1944, Indianapolis has been an archdiocese whose ecclesiastical province includes the state of Indiana and the therein located bishoprics Gary and Lafayette in Indiana .
Bishops of Indianapolis
- Simon William Gabriel Bruté de Rémur (1834–1839)
- Célestine René Laurent Guynemer De la Hailandière (1839-1847)
- John Stephen (Jean Etienne) Bazin (1847–1848)
- Jacques Maurice de Long d'Aussac De Saint Palais (1848–1877)
- Francis Silas Marean Chatard (1878-1918)
- Joseph Chartrand (1918–1933)
Archbishops of Indianapolis
- Joseph Elmer Ritter (1934–1946, then Archbishop of Saint Louis)
- Paul Clarence Schulte (1946–1970)
- George Joseph Biskup (1970–1979)
- Edward Thomas O'Meara (1979–1992)
- Daniel Mark Buechlein OSB (1992-2011)
- Joseph William Tobin CSsR (2012-2016)
- Charles Coleman Thompson (since 2017)
