Diocese of Lexington
Lexingtonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lexington, Kentucky, United States
The Diocese of Lexington is a Latin Rite see covering 50 counties in central and eastern Kentucky, erected in 1988 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Louisville. Bishop John Stowe, a Conventual Franciscan, has led it since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 January 1988
- Latin
- Lexingtonen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Paul
- Annuario code
- 001001992
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 43,168
- Population
- 1,659,800
- Catholic share
- 2.6%
- Priests
- 70
- Catholics per priest
- 617
- Extent
- 42,535 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
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
- John Stowe, OFM Conv.
- Born
- 15 April 1966
- Birthplace
- Amherst
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CONVENTUALI (O.F.M. Conv.)
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 Christ the King stands in Lexington, 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 KnoxvilleKnoxville
- Diocese of MemphisMemphis
- Diocese of NashvilleNashville
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1988, the Diocese of Lexington (Latin: Dioecesis Lexingtonensis) serves southeastern Kentucky in the United States as a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Louisville.
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].