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Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey 1965.07.06 – 1972.03.13 Archbishop Anthony Olubunmi Okogie 1973.04.13 – 2012.05.25 ( Cardinal in 2003) Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins since 2012.05.25
Ecclesiastical Province of Atlanta. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta is the Ordinary of the Archdiocese of Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States.. As a metropolitan bishop, the archbishop oversees the entire Ecclesiastical Province of Atlanta which spans the states of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, and consists of the dioceses of Charleston, Charlotte, Raleigh ...
Each color on the map represents an ecclesiastical province. The divisions in each province show the archdiocese and its individual dioceses. The following is a list of bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States, including Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The latest Archbishop to be installed at the cathedral is Alfred Adewale Martins, who is incumbent since 2012. [ 5 ] By year-end 2016, the archdiocese counted 3,274,000 baptized out of a total population of 12,276,000 which corresponds to 26.7% of the total.
Atlanta 2006 [16] 1959 Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Decatur 1959 [17] 1960 St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church Atlanta 1962 [18] 1960 St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church Dahlonega: 1898 [19] 1960 Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church South Fulton: 1989 [20] 1964 Holy Cross Catholic Cburch Atlanta 1989 [21] 1964 Holy Spirit Catholic ...
Pope Francis appointed Bishop Gregory Hartmayer from Savannah as the next archbishop of Atlanta in 2020. [44] In 2021, a former archdiocesan employee, Mary Elkins, sued the archdiocese, claiming that she had been terminated due to age discrimination and her health issues. [45] As of 2023, Hartmeyer is the current archbishop of Atlanta.
On January 5, 1937, when Pope Pius XI proclaimed that the Diocese of Savannah, organized in 1850, would now be known as the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta. Christ the King parish became the Co-Cathedral with the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah. On July 2, 1956, Pope Pius XII split the Savannah-Atlanta Diocese to create the Diocese of ...
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos: Church: Catholic (Roman Rite) Archdiocese: Lagos: Province: Lagos: Metropolis: Lagos: See: Lagos: Appointed: 13 April 1973: Retired: 25 May 2012: Term ended: 25 May 2012: Predecessor: John Kwao Amuzu Aggey: Successor: Alfred Adewale Martins: Other post(s) Cardinal-Priest of Beat Vergine Maria del Monte ...