Diocese of Biloxi Dioecesis Biloxiensis | |
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 Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Biloxi | |
 Coat of Arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory |  Southern Mississippi (17 counties) |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Mobile |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 24,992 km2 (9,649 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 857,000 71,500 (8.3%) |
| Parishes | 42 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 1, 1977 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Patron saint | St. Joseph the Worker[citation needed] St. Martin de Porres[1] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Louis Frederick Kihneman |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| biloxidiocese.org | |
The Diocese of Biloxi (Latin: Dioecesis Biloxiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church that encompasses 17 counties in southern Mississippi in the United States. The diocese was erected on March 1, 1977, when it was split from the Diocese of Jackson. The Diocese of Biloxi is a suffragan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mobile, though for its first three years the diocese was in the province of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Biloxi, Mississippi, is the diocesan cathedral.