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Diocese of Nashville

Dioecesis Nashvillensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Joseph Mark Spalding, Bishop

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
28 July 1837ErectedDiocese of Bardstown Diocese of Nashville (erected) (State of Tennessee)
19 July 1850Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Chicago (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
Diocese of Dubuque (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
Diocese of Milwaukee (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
Diocese of Nashville (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
10 December 1937Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Nashville (from Cincinnati)
20 June 1970Territory LostDiocese of Nashville (Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy, Obion, Shelby, Tipton, and Weakley) Diocese of Memphis (erected)
27 May 1988Territory LostDiocese of Nashville (Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Fentress, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancook, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Picket, Polh, Rhea, Roane, ...) Diocese of Knoxville (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195037,5013,250,0001.2%89301193156845555ap1951
196685,7103,883,0002.2%124361605359849475ap1967
197090,5954,015,7602.3%1224516754212349881ap1971
197657,6092,840,0002.0%7923102564254424856ap1977
198065,9812,879,0002.3%7439113583266116361ap1981
199047,3951,493,2813.2%511970677342019150ap1991
199963,3631,824,3753.5%53217485627415350ap2000
200070,5871,959,2573.6%4821691,023532515150ap2001
200173,6521,985,0233.7%4424681,083542614950ap2002
200269,4802,106,8683.3%482573951552717651ap2003
200370,6232,097,9053.4%492574954532619151ap2004
200471,1882,105,1613.4%472875949522918351ap2005
201378,7002,444,0503.2%622789884693026553ap2014
201679,5212,563,0583.1%642286924972425052ap2017
201985,6002,693,6003.2%761995901931930352ap2020
202184,6372,793,5503.0%801696881891733552ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 173
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 30, Page 260, to Page 262

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