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The Diocese of Nashville encompasses 38 counties spread over 16,302 square miles of Middle Tennessee. Its Catholic population has been estimated at 76,000, which represents about 3.4% of the total population in the diocese. As of 2016, Mass was offered in Spanish, Vietnamese, Latin, and Korean.
He was the first African American Catholic priest to serve in the state of Tennessee. August 1, 1979, he was appointed and ordained as auxiliary bishop of Cleveland, OH. On June 24, 1991, James Patterson Lyke, OFM, Ph.D. was installed as the fifth bishop and fourth archbishop of Atlanta, GA.
Catholic Charities USA is the national office of 167 local Catholic Charities agencies nationwide. Founded in 1910 as the National Conference of Catholic Charities (NCCC), the organization changed its name in 1986 to Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA). [3] Donna Markham was the first female president to lead CCUSA. She held the position from 2015 ...
Catholic spiritual teaching includes spreading the Gospel, while Catholic social teaching emphasises support for the sick, the poor and the afflicted through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. The Catholic Church is the largest non-governmental provider of education and medical services in the world. [1]
Nov. 1—The executive director of Horizon Housing Alliance said a family housing project planned for Clarkston is lacking only one thing — the city's approval. John Pilcher, of Spokane, said ...
Ascension Saint Thomas is a faith-based, non-profit health system in Middle Tennessee, with a 125-year history in the area.. Today, the health system offers a comprehensive system of care, with more than 250 sites of care that cover a 45-county area in Tennessee consisting of 16 hospitals and a network of affiliated joint ventures, medical practices, clinics and specialty facilities.
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States.Founded in 1943 by the Bishops of the United States, the agency provides assistance to 130 million people in more than 110 countries and territories in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
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