Archdiocese of Louisville
Ludovicopolitan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Louisville, Kentucky, United States
The Archdiocese of Louisville is a Latin Rite metropolitan see covering central Kentucky, originally erected as the Diocese of Bardstown in 1808 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1937. Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre has led it since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1808
- Latin
- Ludovicopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002050
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 164,784
- Population
- 1,319,621
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 12.5%
- Priests
- 166
- Catholics per priest
- 993
- Extent
- 21,041 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.8
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
- Archbishop
- Shelton J. Fabre
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 Assumption stands in Louisville, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral, Bardstown.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Louisville
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CovingtonCovington
- Diocese of KnoxvilleKnoxville
- Diocese of LexingtonLexington
- Diocese of MemphisMemphis
- Diocese of NashvilleNashville
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Central Kentucky is home to the Archdiocese of Louisville (Latin: Archidiœcesis Ludovicopolitanais), the second-oldest diocese west of the Appalachian Mountains. As the metropolitan see of the province of Louisville, its province takes in the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. The Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville is the cathedral church, and Shelton Fabre is the archbishop.
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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.