Metropolitan Archdiocese of Louisville, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Louisville / Ludovicopolitan(us) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Covington, Knoxville, Lexington, Memphis, Nashville, Owensboro

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1841.02.13: Established as Diocese of Louisville / Ludovicopolitan(us) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Bardstown and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1850.07.19: Became suffragan of Cincinnati
1853.07.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Covington
1937.12.09: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Owensboro
1937.12.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Louisville / Ludovicopolitan(us) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Covington, Nashville and Owensboro)
1970.06.20: Gained suffragan see Memphis
1988.01.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Lexington and gained suffragan see Lexington
1988.05.27: Gained suffragan see Knoxville

Contact Info

Address: 212 E. College St., P.O. Box 1073, Louisville, KY 40201, USA

Phone: +1 (502) 585-3291

Tweets

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.02.08 – ...):

Archbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre (60)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Louisville (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre (60)
(2022.02.08 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA)

Comfort my people

Born:	1963.10.25 (New Roads, LA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1989.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.02.28

Priest of Baton Rouge (USA) (1989.08.05 – 2006.12.13)

Titular Bishop of Pudentiana (2006.12.13 – 2013.09.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA) (2006.12.13 – 2013.09.23)

Bishop of Houma–Thibodaux (USA) (2013.09.23 – 2022.02.08)

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

Apostolic Administrator of Knoxville (USA) (2023.06.27 – 2024.05.07)

Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz (77)
(2007.06.12 – 2022.02.08)

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)

Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P.
(1981.12.28 – 2007.06.12)

Born:	1931.07.14 (Rochester, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1958.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.08.05
Died:	2011.12.14 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Tusuros (1977.06.12 – 1981.12.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA) (1977.06.12 – 1981.12.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA) (1981.12.28 – 2007.06.12)

Archbishop Thomas Joseph McDonough
(1967.03.01 – 1981.09.29)

Nihil sine Deo

Born:	1911.12.05 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1938.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.04.30
Died:	1998.08.04 († 86)

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1938.05.26 – 1947.03.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA) (1947.03.10 – 1957.01.02)

Titular Bishop of Thenæ (1947.03.10 – 1960.03.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1957.01.02 – 1960.03.02)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1960.03.02 – 1967.03.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA) (1967.03.01 – 1981.09.29)

Archbishop John Alexander Floersh
(1937.12.10 – 1967.02.25)

Born:	1886.10.05 (Nashville, TN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1911.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.04.08
Died:	1968.06.11 (Louisville, KY, USA † 81)

Priest of Nashville (USA) (1911.06.10 – 1923.02.06)

Titular Bishop of Lycopolis (1923.02.06 – 1924.07.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Louisville (USA) (1923.02.06 – 1924.07.26)

Bishop of Louisville (USA) (1924.07.26 – 1937.12.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA) (1937.12.10 – 1967.02.25)

Titular Bishop of Sistroniana (1967.02.25 – 1968.06.11)

Bishops of Louisville (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Alexander Floersh (later Archbishop)
(1924.07.26 – 1937.12.10)

(see above)

Bishop Denis O’Donaghue
(1910.02.07 – 1924.07.26)

Born:	1848.11.30 (Davies County, IN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1874.09.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1900.04.25
Died:	1925.11.07 (Louisville, KY, USA † 76)

Priest of Vincennes (1874.09.06 – 1900.02.10)

Titular Bishop of Pomarium (1900.02.10 – 1910.02.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis (USA) (1900.02.10 – 1910.02.07)

Bishop of Louisville (USA) (1910.02.07 – 1924.07.26)

Titular Bishop of Lebedus (1924.07.26 – 1925.11.07)

Bishop William George McCloskey
(1868.03.03 – 1909.09.17)

Born:	1823.11.10 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1852.10.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.05.24
Died:	1909.09.17 (Louisville, KY, USA † 85)

Priest of New York (USA) (1852.10.06 – 1868.03.03)

Rector of Pontifical North American College (1859.12.08 – 1868.03.03)

Bishop of Louisville (USA) (1868.03.03 – 1909.09.17)

Bishop Peter Joseph Lavialle
(1865.07.07 – 1867.05.11)

Born:	1819.07.15 (Lavialle, France)
Ordained Priest:	1844.02.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1865.09.24
Died:	1867.05.11 (Nazareth, KY, USA † 47)

Priest of Louisville (USA) (1844.02.12 – 1865.07.07)

Bishop of Louisville (USA) (1865.07.07 – 1867.05.11)

Bishop Martin John Spalding (later Archbishop)
(1850.02.11 – 1864.05.03)

Auspice Maria

Born:	1810.05.23 (Rolling Fork, KY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1834.08.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1848.09.10
Died:	1872.02.07 (Baltimore, MD, USA † 61)

Priest of Bardstown (1834.08.13 – 1848.05.09)

Titular Bishop of Lagania (1848.05.09 – 1850.02.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Louisville (USA) (1848.05.09 – 1850.02.11)

Bishop of Louisville (USA) (1850.02.11 – 1864.05.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA) (1864.05.03 – 1872.02.07)

Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S.
(1841.02.13 – 1850.02.12)

Born:	1763.11.07 (Contournat, France)
Ordained Priest:	1788.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1810.11.04
Died:	1850.02.12 (Louisville, KY, USA † 86)

Bishop of Bardstown (1808.04.08 – 1832.05.07)

Bishop of Bardstown (1833.03.17 – 1841.02.13)

Bishop of Louisville (USA) (1841.02.13 – 1850.02.12)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Alexander Floersh (later Archbishop) (1923.02.06 – 1924.07.26)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Martin John Spalding (later Archbishop) (1848.05.09 – 1850.02.11)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Guy Ignatius Chabrat, P.S.S. (1841.02.13 – 1847.04.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Charles Garrett Maloney (1954.12.30 – 1988.01.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Assumption, Louisville, Kentucky
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral, Bardstown, Kentucky
Minor Basilica: Basilica of the Blessed Virgin of Gethsemani, Trappist, Kentucky
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (118)

Nashville (↙), Owensboro (←), Indianapolis (↑), Covington (↗), Lexington (→), Knoxville (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 21,041 km²

Population: 164,784 Catholics (12.5% of 1,319,621 total)

Pastoral Centres: 110 parishes, 9 missions

Personnel: 166 priests (127 diocesan, 39 religious), 131 deacons, 424 religious (61 brothers, 363 sisters), 7 seminarians