Diocese of Savannah
Savannen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Savannah, Georgia, United States
The Diocese of Savannah was established in 1850 and covers southern Georgia. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Atlanta and is led by Bishop Stephen D. Parkes.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 1850
- Latin
- Savannen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001003016
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 80,000
- Population
- 2,995,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.7%
- Priests
- 115
- Catholics per priest
- 696
- Extent
- 95,928 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
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
- Bishop
- Stephen D. Parkes
- Born
- 2 June 1965
- Birthplace
- Mineola
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 John the Baptist stands in Savannah, 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 Atlanta
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Atlanta.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AtlantaAtlanta
- Diocese of CharlestonCharleston
- Diocese of CharlotteCharlotte
- Diocese of RaleighRaleigh
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southern Georgia in the United States is the territory of the Diocese of Savannah (Latin: Dioecesis Savannensis), whose mother church is the Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist in Savannah. Stephen D. Parkes serves as bishop, and the diocese stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
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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.