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On December 9, 1937, Pope Pius XI elevated the Diocese of Louisville to the Archdiocese of Louisville. At the same time, the pope erected the Diocese of Owensboro, taking western Kentucky from the new archdiocese. [9] The Dioceses of Covington, Owensboro, and Nashville were now designated as suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Louisville. [10]
As a Catholic school, it serves boys and girls of all faiths, races, and national backgrounds from pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade. Founded in 1883, Holy Trinity Parish School remains associated with Holy Trinity Parish and a school within the Archdiocese of Louisville.
There are 135,421 Roman Catholic Louisvillians who are part of the Archdiocese of Louisville, covering 24 counties in central Kentucky, and consisting of 121 parishes and missions spread over 8,124 square miles (21,040 km 2). [1] The Cathedral of the Assumption in downtown Louisville is the seat of the Archdiocese of Louisville.
The diocese included most of Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. In 1841, the diocese was moved from Bardstown to Louisville, and Saint Louis Church became Saint Louis Cathedral. Bishop Flaget, now the Bishop of Louisville, decided in 1849 that a new cathedral should be built.
St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the fourth parish in the city and one of the oldest in the Archdiocese of Louisville. [citation needed] Founded as a church for German immigrants on the east side of Louisville in 1853, the church building was completed and dedicated on August ...
Obituary of Mary Narcissa Frederick 14 Mar 1908, Sat Kentucky Irish American (Louisville, ... the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville’s first Black archbishop - appointed in 2022. ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Bishop David J. Bonnar, head of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, has accepted a recommendation by the Rev. Matthew Humerickhouse, pastor of St. Louis/Sacred Heart of Mary ...
Joseph Edward Kurtz (born August 18, 1946) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Louisville in Kentucky from 2007 to 2022. He previously served as the bishop of the Diocese of Knoxville in Tennessee from 1999 to 2007.