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Archdiocese of Saint Louis

Archdiocese of Saint Louis
Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis.svg
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
Map
Archdiocese of Saint Louis (Missouri).jpg
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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