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Suffragan diocese Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Diocese of Knoxville

Knoxvillen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Knoxville is a Latin Church diocese covering East Tennessee, erected in 1988. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Louisville, with its mother church the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville.

On the map

Esri
Knoxville, United States, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1988
Catholics
71,208
Priests
77
Territory
36,887 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
James Mark Beckman
Born
19 October 1962
Birthplace
Lawrenceburg

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Knoxville, 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

Eastern Tennessee in the United States is served by the Diocese of Knoxville (Latin: Dioecesis Knoxvillensis), founded in 1988 as a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Louisville. Its see church is the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville, and the diocese counts among the fastest growing in the United States.

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