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The diocese has 75 priests and 70 permanent deacons serving 59 churches. There are 32 seminarians currently studying for the priesthood. [1] The majority of the diocese membership lives in Nashville and its surrounding suburbs. However, some parishes outside that area have seen considerable growth in recent times due to the influx of Hispanic ...
Pope Francis appointed Spalding on November 21, 2017, as the twelfth bishop of Nashville. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was consecrated on February 2, 2018. by Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz , with Archbishop Christophe Pierre and Cardinal Justin Rigali serving as co-consecrators.
When a diocese is suppressed or when the diocesan see is transferred to another location, the title of the former see becomes available for assignment to a titular bishop or, in the case of an archdiocese, a titular archbishop or an archbishop ad personam. The Vatican resurrected the names of many former sees of the United States in the 1990s ...
In 1893, the year before Byrne arrived in Nashville, the diocese contained 18,000 Catholics, 38 churches, and 30 priests. [6] By the time of his death 30 years later in 1923, there were 25,000 Catholics, 58 churches, and 53 priests. [7] One of Byrne's most significant accomplishments was the construction of a new cathedral.
This is a list of notable former Catholic priests. Both religious and diocesan priests, and bishops, are included. Most persons on this list can fit into one of the following categories: Left the priesthood but remained Catholic (voluntary laicization) Left the priesthood and the Catholic Church altogether (voluntary laicization)
Francis Shea was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on December 4, 1913. [1] He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Nashville on March 19, 1939 in Rome by Bishop Ralph Hayes. [2] [1] Shea served several assignments around Tennessee over the next three decades.
Metro Nashville Police placed seven officers on administrative assignment after three purported pages from the Covenant shooter's notebook were leaked.
Alphonse Smith was born on November 14, 1883, in Madison, Indiana He was ordained a priest in Rome by Cardinal Pietro Respighi on April 18, 1908, for the Diocese of Indianapolis. [ 1 ] Bishop of Nashville