Diocese of Jackson

Iacksonien(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jackson, Mississippi, United States

The Diocese of Jackson covers 65 counties of central and northern Mississippi. Erected in 1837 as the Diocese of Natchez and renamed when the state was split in 1977, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mobile.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 1837
Latin: Iacksonien(sis)
Patron: St. Peter the Apostle
Annuario code: 001001705

The see in figures

Catholics: 52,900
Population: 2,219,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 2.4%
Priests: 81
Catholics per priest: 653
Extent: 97,495 km²
Catholics per km²: 0.5

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: Joseph R. Kopacz

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 St. Peter the Apostle stands in Jackson, 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

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mobile.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.