Archdiocese of Saint Louis
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Archdiocese of Saint Louis Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Greater St. Louis and ten counties in eastern Missouri |
| Ecclesiastical province | St. Louis |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,968 sq mi (15,460 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2015) 2,231,663 516,654 (23.1%) |
| Parishes | 184 |
| Schools | 112 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 18, 1826 (190 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis |
| Co-cathedral | Basilica of St. Louis, King |
| Patron saint |
Saint Louis IX Saint Vincent DePaul Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne |
| Secular priests | 337 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Robert James Carlson |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Mark Steven Rivituso |
| Emeritus Bishops | Robert Joseph Hermann |
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| Website | |
| www.archstl.org | |
The Archdiocese of St. Louis (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici) is the Roman Catholic archdiocese that covers the City of St. Louis and the Missouri counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Perry, Saint Charles, Saint Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Warren, and Washington. It is the metropolitan see to the suffragan sees of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, the Diocese of Jefferson City, and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
It is currently led by Robert James Carlson, the former Bishop of Saginaw, who was named the Archbishop-elect on April 21, 2009, by Pope Benedict XVI, and was installed on June 10, 2009. Archbishop Carlson is assisted by Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Robert Joseph Hermann. His predecessor was Archbishop Raymond Burke until Burke's transfer to the position of Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura on June 27, 2008. The archdiocesan cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. The original cathedral and mother church is the Basilica of St. Louis, King of France. The Archdiocese is also one of two in the world that has both an Archbishop and a Cardinal, as Raymond Burke's See remains St. Louis, and represents the Archdiocese in the College of Cardinals.
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