Diocese of Owensboro
Ovensburgen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Owensboro, Kentucky, United States
The Diocese of Owensboro is a Latin Church diocese covering 32 counties of western Kentucky, erected in 1937. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Louisville and is led by Bishop William F. Medley.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 December 1937
- Latin
- Ovensburgen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Stephen
- Annuario code
- 001002501
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 51,780
- Population
- 923,000
- Catholic share
- 5.6%
- Priests
- 114
- Catholics per priest
- 454
- Extent
- 32,380 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.6
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
- William Francis Medley
- Born
- 17 September 1952
- Birthplace
- Loretto
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
St. Stephen Cathedral stands in Owensboro, 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 Province of Louisville
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Louisville.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Western Kentucky is the territory of the Diocese of Owensboro (Latin: Dioecesis Owensburgensis), a Catholic diocese in the United States. William Medley serves as its current bishop.
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].