Archdiocese of Mobile
Mobilen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Mobile, Alabama, United States
The Archdiocese of Mobile is the Latin Church metropolitan see covering the lower half of Alabama. Erected as a diocese in 1829 and elevated to archdiocese in 1980, it is led by Archbishop Mark Steven Rivituso, who took office in July 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 May 1829
- Latin
- Mobilen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002255
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 107,870
- Population
- 1,852,080
- Catholic share
- 5.8%
- Priests
- 102
- Catholics per priest
- 1,058
- Extent
- 59,467 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.8
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
- Archbishop
- Mark Steven Rivituso
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 Basilica of the Immaculate Conception stands in Mobile, 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 Mobile
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BiloxiBiloxi
- Diocese of BirminghamBirmingham
- Diocese of JacksonJackson
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southern Alabama in the United States is served by the Archdiocese of Mobile (Latin: Archidiœcesis Mobiliensis), established as an archdiocese in 1980. Its mother church is the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile, Alabama.
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].