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Diocese of Little Rock

Petriculan(us)

The Diocese of Little Rock is a Latin Rite see covering the entire state of Arkansas, erected in 1843 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Bishop Anthony B. Taylor has led the diocese since 2008.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
28 November 1843
Latin
Petriculan(us)
Annuario code
001002024

The see in figures

Catholics
122,842
Population
3,045,637
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
4.0%
Priests
130
Catholics per priest
945
Extent
137,733 km²
Catholics per km²
0.9

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
Anthony B. Taylor
Born
24 April 1954
Birthplace
Fort Worth

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. Andrew stands in Little Rock, 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 Oklahoma City

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Arkansas in the United States is served by the Diocese of Little Rock (Latin: Dioecesis Petriculana), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. The Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock is the seat of 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.