Diocese of Nashville
Nashvillen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nashville, Tennessee, United States
The Diocese of Nashville is the Latin Church diocese covering 38 counties of Middle Tennessee. Erected in 1837, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Louisville and is led by Bishop J. Mark Spalding.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 July 1837
- Latin
- Nashvillen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002357
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 126,251
- Population
- 2,973,403
- Catholic share
- 4.2%
- Priests
- 98
- Catholics per priest
- 1,288
- Extent
- 42,222 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.0
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
- J. Mark Spalding
- Born
- 13 January 1965
- Birthplace
- Fredericktown
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 Incarnation stands in Nashville, 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 MemphisMemphis
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Central Tennessee has been served since 1837 by the Diocese of Nashville (Latin: Dioecesis Nashvillensis), a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Louisville and, by population, the largest diocese in Tennessee. Its bishop, J. Mark Spalding, has his seat at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville, Tennessee.
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].