Diocese of Biloxi
Biloxien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
The Diocese of Biloxi was erected in 1977 and covers the 17 southern counties of Mississippi. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mobile and is led by Bishop Louis F. Kihneman III.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 March 1977
- Latin
- Biloxien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph the Worker and Saint Martin de Porres
- Annuario code
- 001000904
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 54,520
- Population
- 831,202
- Catholic share
- 6.6%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 708
- Extent
- 24,992 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.2
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Louis F. Kihneman III
- Born
- 17 February 1952
- Birthplace
- Lafayette
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands in Biloxi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Mobile
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mobile.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MobileMobile
- Diocese of BirminghamBirmingham
- Diocese of JacksonJackson
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seventeen counties of southern Mississippi in the United States make up the Diocese of Biloxi (Latin: Dioecesis Biloxiensis), erected in 1977 as a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mobile. The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Biloxi serves as the diocesan cathedral.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].