Archdiocese of Mobile
| Archdiocese of Mobile | |
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| Country | United States |
| Diocesan bishop | Thomas John Rodi |
| Vicar General | Francis Vincent Cusack Michael Lynn Farmer |
| founding | 1825 |
| surface | 59,491 km² |
| Parishes | 75 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,793,639 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 77,679 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 4.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 85 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 33 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 658 |
| Permanent deacons | 63 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 40 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 95 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Website | www.mobilearchdiocese.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Biloxi Diocese of Birmingham Diocese of Jackson |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile ( lat. : Archidioecesis Mobiliensis ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Mobile , Alabama .
history
The Archdiocese of Mobile was on August 29, 1825 by Pope Leo XII. from cession of territory of the Diocese of Louisiana and the two Floridas as Vicariate Apostolic Alabama and Florida established.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Alabama and Florida was raised to a diocese on May 15, 1829 by Pope Pius VIII with the Apostolic Constitution Inter multiplices and renamed the Diocese of Mobile . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Baltimore as a suffragan . The diocese Mobile gave on July 3, 1850 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Savannah . On July 19, 1850, the Diocese of Mobile was subordinated to the Archdiocese of New Orleans as a suffragan. The diocese Mobile was renamed on April 30, 1954 in Diocese Mobile-Birmingham . On June 28, 1969, the diocese Mobile-Birmingham was divided into the dioceses of Birmingham and Mobile. The Diocese of Mobile gave on October 1, 1975 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee .
On July 29, 1980, the Diocese of Mobile was raised to an archbishopric by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Sacrorum Antistites .
territory
The Archdiocese of Mobile includes the areas of Autauga County , Baldwin County , Barbour County , Bullock County , Butler County , Choctaw County , Clarke County , Coffee County , Conecuh County , Covington County , Crenshaw County , Dale County , Dallas County , Elmore, in the state of Alabama County , Escambia County , Geneva County , Henry County , Houston County , Lee County , Lowndes County , Macon County , Mobile County , Monroe County , Montgomery County , Pike County , Russell County , Washington County, and Wilcox County .
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Alabama and Florida
- Michael Portier , 1825-1829
Bishops of Mobile
- Michael Portier, 1829-1859
- John Quinlan , 1859-1883
- Dominic Manucy , 1884-1884
- Jeremiah O'Sullivan , 1885-1896
- Edward Patrick Allen , 1897-1926
- Thomas Joseph Toolen , 1927–1954
Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham
- Thomas Joseph Toolen, 1954–1969
Bishops of Mobile
- Thomas Joseph Toolen, 1969
- John Lawrence May , 1969–1980, then Archbishop of Saint Louis
Archbishops of Mobile
- Oscar Hugh Lipscomb , 1980-2008
- Thomas John Rodi , since 2008
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Mobile (english)
- Entry for Archdiocese Mobile on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Sacrorum Antistites , AAS 72 (1980), n.6, pp. 798f.