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The Diocese of Memphis (Latin: Dioecesis Memphitana in Tennesia) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the western part of Tennessee in the United States. The diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Memphis .
Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Memphis on January 6, 1971. [4] Immaculate Conception was named as the new diocese's cathedral. A major renovation of the cathedral was completed in 2001 and was dedicated by Bishop J. Terry Steib, SVD on December 8 of that year. In 2011 there were 800 families in the parish and 430 students in the school [3]
James Terry Steib, SVD (born May 17, 1940) is an American Catholic retired prelate who served as Bishop of Memphis from 1993 to 2016. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of St. Louis from 1983 to 1993. He was the first African American to lead the Diocese of Memphis and is a member of the Society of the Divine Word.
The Diocese recently told The Commercial Appeal that about 300 students were attending local Catholic schools using ESA funds, and that roughly half of them were attending three schools ― one of ...
The geographic range of the Diocese of West Tennessee was originally part of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee, which was partitioned into three separate dioceses during 1982–1985. Phoebe A. Roaf is the current bishop of West Tennessee. It is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee on the close of St. Mary's Cathedral.
On November 17, 1981, Pope John Paul II appointed Stafford as the second bishop of the Diocese of Memphis. [2] He was installed on January 17, 1982. [5] During his tenure, Stafford revised the structure of the pastoral office, improved the fiscal conditions of the diocese, and concentrated on the evangelization of African Americans. [7]
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Thirteen years after its founding, St. Mary's became the first Episcopal cathedral in the American South. [2] While the 1866 Journal of the Proceedings of the Diocese of Tennessee's 34th convention and the national Episcopal Church's 1868 Journal of the General Convention both list St. Mary's as a cathedral church, the official transition from parish to "bishop's church" was January 1, 1871.