Diocese of Memphis
Memphitan(us) in Tennesia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Memphis, Tennessee, United States
The Diocese of Memphis is the Latin Church diocese covering the counties of West Tennessee. Erected in 1970 from the Diocese of Nashville, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Louisville and is led by Bishop David P. Talley.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 June 1970
- Latin
- Memphitan(us) in Tennesia
- Annuario code
- 001002218
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 65,779
- Population
- 1,564,576
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 4.2%
- Priests
- 78
- Catholics per priest
- 843
- Extent
- 27,585 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.4
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
- David P. Talley
- Born
- 11 September 1950
- Birthplace
- Columbus
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 Immaculate Conception stands in Memphis, 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 NashvilleNashville
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Western Tennessee is the territory of the Diocese of Memphis (Latin: Dioecesis Memphitana in Tennesia), a Catholic see in the United States. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Memphis, and it stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Louisville in Kentucky.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.