Diocese of Nashville Dioecesis Nashvillensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Middle Tennessee |
Ecclesiastical province | Louisville |
Statistics | |
Area | 42,222 km2 (16,302 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 2,563,058 79,521 (3.1%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | July 28, 1837 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Incarnation |
Patron saint | St. Joseph |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | J. Mark Spalding |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Shelton Fabre |
Map | |
Website | |
dioceseofnashville.com |
The Diocese of Nashville (Latin: Dioecesis Nashvillensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the central part of Tennessee in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Louisville.
The Cathedral Church of the Incarnation in Nashville, Tennessee, is the present seat of the bishop of Nashville.