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Metropolitan see Mobile, Alabama, United States

Archdiocese of Mobile

Mobilen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, in Mobile, United States.

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Established
1829
Catholics
107,870
Priests
102
Territory
59,467 km²

Parishes and churches

92 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Mark Steven Rivituso

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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.

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.