Diocese of Little Rock
Petriculan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
The Diocese of Little Rock is a Latin Rite see covering the entire state of Arkansas, erected in 1843 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Bishop Anthony B. Taylor has led the diocese since 2008.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 November 1843
- Latin
- Petriculan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002024
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 122,842
- Population
- 3,045,637
- Catholic share
- 4.0%
- Priests
- 130
- Catholics per priest
- 945
- Extent
- 137,733 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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
- Anthony B. Taylor
- Born
- 24 April 1954
- Birthplace
- Fort Worth
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 St. Andrew stands in Little Rock, 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 Oklahoma City
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Oklahoma CityOklahoma City
- Diocese of TulsaTulsa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Arkansas in the United States is served by the Diocese of Little Rock (Latin: Dioecesis Petriculana), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. The Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock is the seat of the diocese.
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].