Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis
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Archdiocese of Indianapolis Archidioecesis Indianapolitana |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Central Indiana |
| Ecclesiastical province | Indianapolis |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 13,815 sq mi (35,780 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 2,573,000 244,000 (9.5%) |
| Parishes | 133 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | May 6, 1834 (182 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis |
| Patron saint |
Saint Francis Xavier Saint Mother Theodore Guerin |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | sede vacante |
| Emeritus Bishops | Daniel M. Buechlein |
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| Website | |
| www.archindy.org | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis is a division of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. When it was originally erected as the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana, on May 6, 1834, it encompassed all of Indiana as well as the eastern third of Illinois. It was renamed the Diocese of Indianapolis on March 28, 1898. Bishop Francis Silas Chatard, who had been living in Indianapolis since 1878 when he was appointed Bishop of Vincennes, became the first Bishop of Indianapolis. It was elevated from a diocese to a metropolitan archdiocese on October 21, 1944.
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, OSB, in September 2011, due to illness. Auxiliary Bishop Christopher J. Coyne served as the Apostolic Administrator until the Pope's appointment of Joseph William Tobin on October 16, 2012. Per the 2000 census, the archdiocese contained 2,430,606 people, 233,273 of whom were Catholic. The archdiocese covers 39 counties in central and southern Indiana, with a total area of 13,757 square miles. It was announced on October 9, 2016, that Tobin would be elevated to the cardinalate on November 19, 2016, becoming the first Archbishop to serve as Cardinal-Archbishop of the Archdiocese. On November 7, 2016, it was announced that Tobin was now Archbishop-elect of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.
The archdiocese is normally headed by an archbishop, but the see was vacant, due to the resignation in September 2011 of Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, OSB, on account of illness due to ongoing issues with cancer. Auxiliary Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, who was ordained a bishop in March 2011, became the apostolic administrator, pending the installation of a new archbishop. In October 2012, Joseph William Tobin was appointed as the archbishop by Pope Benedict XVI. He was officially installed December 3, 2012.
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