Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi
Diocese of Biloxi Dioecesis Biloxiiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Southern Mississippi (17 counties) |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Mobile |
Statistics | |
Area | 24,992 km2 (9,649 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 857,000 71,500 (8.3%) |
Parishes | 42 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | March 1, 1977 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
Patron saint | St. Joseph the Worker St. Martin de Porres |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Louis Frederick Kihneman |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi |
Map | |
Website | |
biloxidiocese.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi encompasses 17 counties in south Mississippi. It was erected on March 1, 1977, when it was split from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson. The diocese is part of the ecclesiastical province of Mobile, though for the first three years of its existence it was in the province of New Orleans.
The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Biloxi, Mississippi, is the diocese's cathedral. It was announced on December 16, 2016 that Pope Francis had accepted Bishop Roger Morin's resignation and that Louis Kihneman III, Vicar General of the Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, was nominated to be Morin's successor.[1]
Bishops
Bishops of Biloxi
- Joseph Lawson Howze (1977–2001)
- Thomas John Rodi (2001–2008), appointed Archbishop of Mobile
- Roger Morin (2009–2016)
- Louis Frederick Kihneman (2017–present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Ronald Paul Herzog, appointed Bishop of Alexandria in 2004
High schools
- Our Lady Academy, Bay St. Louis
- Resurrection High School, Pascagoula
- Sacred Heart High School, Hattiesburg
- St. Patrick Catholic High School, Biloxi
- Saint Stanislaus College, Bay St. Louis
Closed schools:
- Mercy Cross High School*, Biloxi
- St. John High School*, Gulfport
- * Closed in 2007 and replaced by St. Patrick Catholic High School.
See also
- Catholic Church by country
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
References
External links
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Categories:
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- Christian organizations established in 1977
- Catholic Church in Mississippi
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