Diocese of Covington, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Covington / Covingtonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Louisville

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Paul of Tarsus (June 29)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1853.07.29: Established as Diocese of Covington / Covingtonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Louisville and became suffragan of Cincinnati)
1937.12.10: Became suffragan of Louisville
1988.01.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Lexington

Contact Info

Address: 401 East 20th St., Floor 3, P.O. Box 15550, Covington, KY 41015-0550, USA

Phone: +1 (859) 392-1510

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.07.13 – ...):

Bishop John Curtis Iffert (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Covington (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Curtis Iffert (57)
(2021.07.13 – ...)

Bishop of Covington (USA)

In all things give thanks

Born:	1967.11.23 (Du Quoin, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1997.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.09.30

Priest of Belleville (USA) (1997.06.07 – 2021.07.13)

Bishop of Covington (USA) (2021.07.13 – ...)

Bishop Roger Joseph Foys (79)
(2002.05.31 – 2021.07.13)

Bishop emeritus of Covington (USA)

Luceat lux vestra

Born:	1945.07.27 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1973.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.07.15

Priest of Steubenville (USA) (1973.05.16 – 2002.05.31)

Bishop of Covington (USA) (2002.05.31 – 2021.07.13)

Bishop Robert William Muench (82)
(1996.01.05 – 2001.12.15)

Bishop emeritus of Baton Rouge (USA)

Jesus must increase

Born:	1942.12.28 (Louisville, KY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.06.29

Priest of New Orleans (USA) (1968.06.18 – 1990.05.08)

Titular Bishop of Mactaris (1990.05.08 – 1996.01.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (USA) (1990.05.08 – 1996.01.05)

Bishop of Covington (USA) (1996.01.05 – 2001.12.15)

Bishop of Baton Rouge (USA) (2001.12.15 – 2018.06.26)

Bishop William Anthony Hughes
(1979.04.13 – 1995.07.04)

To serve, not be served

Born:	1921.09.23 (Youngstown, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1946.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.09.12
Died:	2013.02.07 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig (1974.07.23 – 1979.04.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Youngstown (USA) (1974.07.23 – 1979.04.13)

Bishop of Covington (USA) (1979.04.13 – 1995.07.04)

Bishop Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp.
(1960.04.04 – 1978.11.28)

Born:	1903.08.30 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1926.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.05.22
Died:	1992.11.18 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Lares (1956.04.06 – 1960.04.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (USA) (1956.04.06 – 1960.04.04)

Bishop of Covington (USA) (1960.04.04 – 1978.11.28)

Bishop William Theodore Mulloy
(1944.11.18 – 1959.06.01)

Docete filios vestros

Born:	1892.11.09 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1916.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.01.10
Died:	1959.06.01 († 66)

Bishop of Covington (USA) (1944.11.18 – 1959.06.01)

Bishop Francis William Howard
(1923.03.26 – 1944.01.18)

Born:	1867.06.21 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1891.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.07.15
Died:	1944.01.18 († 76)

Bishop of Covington (USA) (1923.03.26 – 1944.01.18)

Bishop Ferdinand Brossart
(1915.11.29 – 1923.03.12)

Born:	1849.10.14 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1892.09.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1916.01.25
Died:	1930.08.06 († 80)

Bishop of Covington (USA) (1915.11.29 – 1923.03.12)

Titular Bishop of Vallis (1923.03.12 – 1930.08.06)

Bishop Camillus Paul Maes
(1884.10.01 – 1915.05.11)

Born:	1846.03.13 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1868.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1885.01.25
Died:	1915.05.11 († 69)

Bishop of Covington (USA) (1884.10.01 – 1915.05.11)

Bishop Augustus Maria Bernard Anthony John Gebhard Toebbe
(1869.09.24 – 1884.05.02)

Born:	1829.01.17 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1854.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1870.01.09
Died:	1884.05.02 († 55)

Bishop of Covington (USA) (1869.09.24 – 1884.05.02)

Bishop George Aloysius Carrell, S.J.
(1853.07.23 – 1868.09.25)

Born:	1803.06.13 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1827.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1853.11.01
Died:	1868.09.25 († 65)

Bishop of Covington (USA) (1853.07.23 – 1868.09.25)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Kendrick Williams (88) (1984.04.15 – 1988.01.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, Kentucky
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (48)

Louisville (↙), Indianapolis (↖), Cincinnati (↑), Columbus (↗), Lexington (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,696 km²

Population: 93,900 Catholics (17.2% of 545,528 total)

Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes, 12 missions

Personnel: 90 priests (83 diocesan, 7 religious), 43 deacons, 180 religious (9 brothers, 171 sisters), 10 seminarians