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 shareof the people living within its bounds
- 5.6%
- Priests
- 114
- Catholics per priest
- 454
- Extent
- 32,380 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.6
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.
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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.