Diocese of Evansville
Evansvicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Evansville, Indiana, United States
The Diocese of Evansville is a Latin Rite diocese covering 12 counties in southwestern Indiana, erected in 1944. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and is led by Bishop Joseph M. Siegel.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 October 1944
- Latin
- Evansvicen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary, Mother of God
- Annuario code
- 001001382
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 83,343
- Population
- 507,553
- Catholic share
- 16.4%
- Priests
- 64
- Catholics per priest
- 1,302
- Extent
- 12,684 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.6
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
- Joseph M. Siegel
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
St. Benedict Cathedral stands in Evansville, 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 Indianapolis
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of IndianapolisIndianapolis
- Diocese of Fort Wayne-South BendFort Wayne
- Diocese of GaryGary
- Diocese of Lafayette in IndianaLafayette
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southwestern Indiana in the United States is served by the Diocese of Evansville (Latin: Dioecesis Evansvicensis), formed in 1944 out of what was then the Diocese of Indianapolis. It belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Indianapolis, and its mother church is St. Benedict Cathedral in Evansville. Joseph M. Siegel is the bishop.
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].