Diocese of Memphis
Memphitan(us) in Tennesia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Memphis, Tennessee, United States
The Diocese of Memphis is the Latin Church diocese covering the counties of West Tennessee. Erected in 1970 from the Diocese of Nashville, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Louisville and is led by Bishop David P. Talley.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 June 1970
- Latin
- Memphitan(us) in Tennesia
- Annuario code
- 001002218
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 65,779
- Population
- 1,564,576
- Catholic share
- 4.2%
- Priests
- 78
- Catholics per priest
- 843
- Extent
- 27,585 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.4
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
- David P. Talley
- Born
- 11 September 1950
- Birthplace
- Columbus
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 Immaculate Conception stands in Memphis, 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 LexingtonLexington
- Diocese of NashvilleNashville
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Western Tennessee is the territory of the Diocese of Memphis (Latin: Dioecesis Memphitana in Tennesia), a Catholic see in the United States. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Memphis, and it stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Louisville in Kentucky.
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].