Diocese of Knoxville, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Knoxville / Knoxvillen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Louisville

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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History

1988.05.27: Established as Diocese of Knoxville / Knoxvillen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nashville and became suffragan of Louisville)

Contact Info

Address: Chancery, 805 Northshore Dr. SW, Knoxville, TN 37919, USA

Phone: +1 (865) 584-3307

Tweets

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2023.06.27 – ...):	Archbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre (60) Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Knoxville (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre (60)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.06.27 – ...)

Bishop Richard Frank Stika (66)
(2009.01.12 – 2023.06.27)

Bishop emeritus of Knoxville (USA)

Jesu confido in te

Born:	1957.07.04 (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1985.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.03.19

Priest of Saint Louis (USA) (1985.12.14 – 2009.01.12)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1995.06.17 – 2009.01.12)

Bishop of Knoxville (USA) (2009.01.12 – 2023.06.27)

Bishop Joseph Edward Kurtz (77) (later Archbishop)
(1999.10.26 – 2007.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Louisville (USA)

Hope in the Lord

Born:	1946.08.18 (Mahanoy City, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1972.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.12.09

Priest of Allentown (USA) (1972.03.18 – 1999.10.26)

Bishop of Knoxville (USA) (1999.10.26 – 2007.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA) (2007.06.12 – 2022.02.08)

Vice-President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (2010.11.16 – 2013.11.14)

President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (2013.11.14 – 2016.11.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Memphis (USA) (2018.10.24 – 2019.03.05)

Bishop Anthony Joseph O’Connell
(1988.05.27 – 1998.11.12)

Born:	1938.05.10 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1963.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.09.08
Died:	2012.05.04 († 73)

Bishop of Knoxville (USA) (1988.05.27 – 1998.11.12)

Bishop of Palm Beach (USA) (1998.11.12 – 2002.03.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Knoxville, Tennessee
Minor Basilica: Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Former Cathedral (now not in use): Former Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Knoxville, Tennessee
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (53)

Birmingham (↙), Nashville (←), Louisville (↖), Lexington (↑), Richmond (↗), Charlotte (→), Atlanta (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 36,872 km²

Population: 67,983 Catholics (2.7% of 2,509,421 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes

Personnel: 80 priests (61 diocesan, 19 religious), 77 deacons, 76 religious (30 brothers, 46 sisters), 13 seminarians