Diocese of Evansville Dioecesis Evansvicensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Southwestern Indiana & Lower Wabash Valley |
Ecclesiastical province | Indianapolis |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,684 km2 (4,897 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 507,553 83,343 (16.4%) |
Parishes | 53 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 21, 1944 (80 years ago) |
Cathedral | St. Benedict Cathedral, Evansville, Indiana |
Patron saint | Mary, Mother of God |
Secular priests | 64 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Joseph M. Siegel |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Charles C. Thompson |
Bishops emeritus | Gerald Gettelfinger |
Map | |
Map of the Diocese of Evansville | |
Website | |
evdio.org |
The Diocese of Evansville (Latin: Dioecesis Evansvicensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Southwestern Indiana in the United States.
The mother church of the diocese is St. Benedict Cathedral in Evansville. The diocese was formed in 1944 from what was then the Diocese of Indianapolis. It is part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Indianapolis. As of 2023, the bishop of Evansville is Joseph M. Siegel