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Suffragan diocese Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Diocese of Birmingham

Birminghamien(sis) in Alabama

The Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama was erected in 1969 from the Archdiocese of Mobile and covers the northern 39 counties of Alabama. It is a suffragan of Mobile and is led by Bishop Steven J. Raica.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Saint Paul, in Birmingham, United States.

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Established
1969
Catholics
113,241
Priests
113
Territory
72,755 km²

Parishes and churches

85 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Steven J. Raica

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Paul stands in Birmingham, 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

Northern Alabama in the United States is served by the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, erected in 1969 as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mobile. The Cathedral of Saint Paul in Birmingham is its mother church, and the diocese is home to EWTN, a major Catholic media enterprise.