Suffragan diocese Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
Diocese of Biloxi
Biloxien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 1977
- Catholics
- 54,520
- Priests
- 77
- Territory
- 24,992 km²
Parishes and churches
53 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Francis XavierWigginsView parish
- St. JamesGulfportMass times recorded
- St. John the EvangelistGulfportMass times recorded
- St. JosephGulfportMass times recorded
- St. JosephMoss PointView parish
- St. JosephPearlingtonView parish
- St. JosephPoplarvilleView parish
- St. LawrenceMonticelloView parish
- St. LucyLucedaleView parish
- St. MaryBiloxiView parish
- St. MaryGautierView parish
- St. MaryPrentissView parish
- St. Matthew the ApostleWhite CypressView parish
- St. MichaelBiloxiMass times recorded
- St. PaulPass ChristianView parish
- St. PaulTylertownView parish
- St. PeterBassfieldView parish
- St. Peter the ApostlePascagoulaView parish
- St. Rose de LimaBay St. LouisView parish
- St. Therese of LisieuxGulfportMass times recorded
- St. Thomas Aquinas Newman CenterHattiesburgView parish
- St. Thomas the ApostleLong BeachMass times recorded
- Vietnamese MartyrsBiloxiMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Louis F. Kihneman III
- Born
- 17 February 1952
- Birthplace
- Lafayette
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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.
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.