Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
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Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Archidioecesis Oclahomensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Oklahoma City |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 42,470 sq mi (110,000 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 2,634,000 113,800 (4.3%) |
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| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | December 13, 1972 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Paul Stagg Coakley |
| Emeritus Bishops | Eusebius Joseph Beltran |
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| Website | |
| ArchOKC.org | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (Latin: Archidioecesis Oclahomensis) is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the midwestern region of the United States. Its ecclesiastical territory includes 46 counties in western Oklahoma. The Most Reverend Paul Stagg Coakley is the current archbishop. As such, he is the metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province which includes the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, the Diocese of Tulsa and the Diocese of Little Rock. Previously the bishop of the Diocese of Salina in Kansas, Archbishop Coakley was appointed to Oklahoma City on December 16, 2010 and installed as archbishop on February 11, 2011.
The diocese had its roots through French Benedictine monks who entered Indian Territory in 1875 to establish a Catholic presence. The Diocese of Oklahoma City was established in 1905 with Belgian Theophile Meerschaert as its first bishop. St. Joseph's Church in downtown Oklahoma City served the diocese as its first cathedral until Our Lady of Perpetual Help replaced it in 1931. In the 1930s the name was changed to the Diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa to reflect shifting population trends in Oklahoma. It first achieved international attention when, in 1949, it became home to the National Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague. On December 13, 1972, Pope Paul VI split the diocese into two, creating the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, which ministers to Catholics in the western part of Oklahoma, and the Diocese of Tulsa, which ministers to those in the east.
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