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Archdiocese of Saint Louis

Sancti Ludovici

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

The Archdiocese of Saint Louis is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese erected as a diocese in 1826 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1847. Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski has led the see since 2020.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
18 July 1826
Latin
Sancti Ludovici
Patron
Saint Louis IX of France
Annuario code
001002821

The see in figures

Catholics
507,600
Population
2,259,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
22.5%
Priests
277
Catholics per priest
1,832
Extent
15,447 km²
Catholics per km²
33

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
Mitchell T. Rozanski

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 Basilica of Saint Louis stands in Saint Louis, 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 Saint Louis

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

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

History

The eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri belongs to the Archdiocese of St. Louis (Latin: Archidiœcesis Sancti Ludovici). Its see church is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, and Mitchell Thomas Rozanski serves as archbishop.

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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.