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The diocese was founded in 1850 as the Diocese of Savannah, covering all of Georgia and part of Florida. From 1937 to 1956, it was the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta. In 1956, it became the Diocese of Savannah again when northern Georgia was split off into the Diocese of Atlanta. Plaque in St. John the Baptist Basilica listing the bishops of Savannah.
The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic cathedral and minor basilica near Lafayette Square at 222 East Harris Street, Savannah, Georgia, in the United States. It is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah.
On January 5, 1937, recognizing the growth of the City of Atlanta, Pope Pius XI converted the Diocese of Savannah into the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta. [6] He designated Christ the King Church, still under construction, as a future co-cathedral of the new diocese, along with the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah. [1]
Saint Joseph Catholic Church , located at 812 Poplar Street in Macon, Georgia, was listed on the NRHP on July 14, 1971. The church is located in the middle of Downtown Macon and takes up one block. It is operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah .
In September 2020, Stephen Parkes and the diocese were sued by William Fred Baker Jr. Baker said that the diocese knew that Reverend Wayland Brown was molesting him in 1987 and 1988 when he was a 10-year-old attending St. James Catholic School in Savannah. Brown received a 20-year sentence for sexual abuse crimes.
The Reverend Monsignor Patrick James (Jim) Costigan, 82, died Sunday at his home in Ireland, according to The Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah.
When asked if New Ways or similar ministries had a chapter in Savannah, Parkes indicated the Diocese of Savannah offers a ministry called Courage, which defines itself as a Roman Catholic ...
John Kevin Boland (born April 25, 1935) is an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Boland served as bishop of the Diocese of Savannah in Georgia from 1995 to 2011. [ 1 ]