Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville
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Diocese of Nashville Dioecesis Nashvillensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Middle Tennessee |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Louisville |
| Population - Catholics |
70,633 (3.4%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 28, 1837 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Incarnation |
| Patron saint |
St. Joseph Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop |
David Raymond Choby Bishop of Nashville |
| Metropolitan Archbishop |
Joseph Edward Kurtz Archbishop of Louisville |
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| Website | |
| dioceseofnashville.com | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville (Latin: Dioecesis Nashvillensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Tennessee. It was founded on July 28, 1837 by the Dominican Bishop Richard Pius Miles. The Cathedral Church of the Incarnation is the seat of the Bishops of Nashville.
The first Roman Catholic cathedral church for Nashville was the Holy Rosary Cathedral (no longer extant) that formerly occupied the prominent Nashville hill top site of what is now the Tennessee State Capitol.
Prior to 1970, the diocese encompassed the entire state. At that time, Pope Paul VI removed the westernmost counties in the state to create the new Diocese of Memphis; 18 years later, Pope John Paul II removed the easternmost counties to create the Diocese of Knoxville. The diocese includes 38 counties spread over 16,302 square miles. The Catholic population of the diocese is estimated at approximately 76,000 individuals registered in parishes, which represents about 3.4% of the overall population in Middle Tennessee. In 2016 Mass is offered in Spanish, Vietnamese, Latin, and Korean. The Diocese has 75 priests and 70 permanent deacons serving 53 parishes. There are 34 seminarians currently studying for the priesthood.
The remnant Nashville diocese now encompasses roughly the counties in the Middle Grand Division of the state, with the majority of its membership living in Nashville and surrounding suburbs. However, some parishes outside that area have seen considerable growth in recent times due to the influx of Hispanic immigrants settling in some smaller communities; sometimes, the Spanish-speaking membership outnumbers the English-speaking communicants in such churches. Services are often said in English by one priest and then in Spanish by a second priest. It is common to have three or more services each weekend.
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