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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 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 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.
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 ...
After the dust settled, former Bishop Richard Stika ended up having a lasting impact on the Diocese of Knoxville.. Perhaps not the type he would have envisioned. The multiple crises and lawsuits ...
The Catholic Diocese of Knoxville has settled a lawsuit with a woman who accused a former Gatlinburg priest of sexual abuse and the diocese of trying to intimidate her after she reported the ...
James Mark Beckman (born October 19, 1962) is an American priest of the Catholic Church who serves as bishop for the Diocese of Knoxville. Biography On July 13, 1990 ...
Louisville Archbishop Shelton Fabre, who already oversees the diocese as the metropolitan see, is acting apostolic administrator in Knoxville, taking Stika’s place until a replacement is named ...