Diocese of Knoxville
Knoxvillen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 May 1988
- Latin
- Knoxvillen(sis)
- Patron
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001876
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 71,208
- Population
- 2,538,437
- Catholic share
- 2.8%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 925
- Extent
- 36,887 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.9
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
- James Mark Beckman
- Born
- 19 October 1962
- Birthplace
- Lawrenceburg
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 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.
The province of Louisville
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Louisville.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LouisvilleLouisville
- Diocese of CovingtonCovington
- Diocese of LexingtonLexington
- Diocese of MemphisMemphis
- Diocese of NashvilleNashville
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].