Archdiocese of Saint Louis
| Archdiocese of Saint Louis | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Diocesan bishop | Mitchell Thomas Rozanski |
| Auxiliary bishop | Mark Rivituso |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Robert James Carlson |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Robert Joseph Hermann |
| founding | 1826 |
| surface | 15,443 km² |
| Parishes | 181 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 2,255,800 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 514.178 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 22.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 312 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 273 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 879 |
| Permanent deacons | 276 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 432 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1,186 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Louis Cathedral |
| address | 4445 Lindell Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63108 USA |
| Website | www.archstl.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Bishopric Jefferson City Bishopric Kansas City-Saint Joseph Bishopric Springfield-Cape Girardeau |
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The Archdiocese of St. Louis ( Latin : Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici ) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that extends over the city of Saint Louis as well as the counties of the State of Missouri : Franklin , Jefferson , Lincoln , Perry , Saint Charles , Saint Francois , Ste. Genevieve , St. Louis , Warren and Washington .
The cathedral church of the Archdiocese is the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica . The first cathedral and current mother church is the St. Louis Basilica .
history
The first bishop in the area was Louis William Valentine DuBourg , who was named Bishop of Louisiana and West and East Florida by Pope Pius VII on September 24, 1815 . DuBourg tried to build his bishopric in St. Louis. After he abdicated and moved to the Diocese of Montauban, France, Pope Leo XII. on July 18, 1826 St. Louis to the diocese. The diocese comprised the state of Missouri, the western half of Illinois, and all American territories west of the Mississippi and north of the state of Louisiana. It was the largest diocese in the United States and was on par with all of the other nine dioceses.
The first bishop of St. Louis was the Italian Joseph Rosati, who led the expansion of the presence of the Roman Catholic Church in this area. He built the first cathedral, which is now the St. Louis Basilica. On July 28, 1837, the areas of Iowa and Minnesota and Dakotas were separated from the diocese and created as new dioceses Dubuque and Iowa. Pope Pius IX elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on July 20, 1847. Since many dioceses emerged from the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the archdiocese is characterized by a very strong Catholic character, it was often referred to as "the Rome of the West". This is particularly evident in holy veneration. The main patron saint of the archdiocese is Saint Louis IX. of France and as minor patrons are St. Vincent de Paul and St. Philippine Rose Duchesne .
In January 1999 Pope John Paul II visited the Archdiocese for two days, making him the first Pope to visit the Archdiocese and the city. As Archbishop of Kraków , he had already paid a visit to the Archdiocese 30 years earlier.
Bishops of Saint Louis
- Joseph Rosati CM (1827–1843)
- Peter Richard Kenrick (1843-1847)
Archbishops of Saint Louis
- Peter Richard Kenrick (1847–1895)
- John Joseph Cain (1895-1903)
- John Joseph Cardinal Glennon (1903-1946)
- Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter (1946–1967)
- Cardinal John Joseph Carberry (1968–1979)
- John Lawrence May (1980-1992)
- Justin Francis Rigali (1994-2003), then Archbishop of Philadelphia
- Raymond Leo Burke (2003–2008), then Prefect of the Apostolic Signature
- Robert James Carlson (2009-2020)
- Mitchell Thomas Rozanski (since 2020)