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The Diocese of Knoxville (Latin: Dioecesis Knoxvillensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in eastern Tennessee in the United States. It was founded on May 27, 1988, from the eastern counties of what was then the Diocese of Nashville .
The Rev. Xavier Mankel was named pastor in 1987. The following year on May 27 [3] Pope John Paul II established the Diocese of Knoxville and Sacred Heart became the new diocese's cathedral. [4] All Saints Parish, which included parts of Sacred Heart, was established in September 1994. The Rev. Al Humbrecht was named pastor in 1997.
Established in 1826 (35 years after the founding of Knoxville), St. John’s Church was one of the congregations represented at the Primary Convention when the Diocese of Tennessee was organized in Nashville in 1829. In May 1844, with 25 communicants, St. John’s became the first mission from Eastern Tennessee to be admitted to the Diocese of ...
He returned to Tennessee and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Nashville in 1990. Between then and his appointment as bishop in Knoxville, Beckman served as pastor of five different parishes ...
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
The Catholic Diocese of Knoxville has a new bishop.. Pope Francis appointed to the job the Rev. James Mark Beckman, who has spent more than 30 years as a priest in the Diocese of Nashville.
Saints Peter and Paul was raised to a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI and inaugurated by Bishop Richard Stika of the Diocese of Knoxville on October 22, 2011. [3] Monsignor George E. Schmidt, Jr., who had served as pastor since 1986, became the basilica's first rector. He was among more than 30 sons of the parish who entered into the ...
Former Knoxville Bishop Richard Stika, who is a named defendant in a lawsuit alleging he helped cover up sexual assault of a former seminarian, sent messages to priests in the diocese, at least ...