Diocese of Knoxville, USA 🇺🇸

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Knoxville / Knoxvillen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Louisville

Neighbouring Dioceses: Birmingham (↙), Nashville (←), Louisville (↖), Lexington (↑), Richmond (↗), Charlotte (→), Atlanta (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1988.05.27: Established as Diocese of Knoxville / Knoxvillen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nashville and became suffragan of Louisville)

Contact Info

Address: Chancery, 805 Northshore Dr. SW, Knoxville, TN 37919, USA

Phone: +1 (865) 584-3307

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.05.07 – ...):

Bishop James Mark Beckman (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Knoxville (Roman Rite)

Bishop James Mark Beckman (63)
(2024.05.07 – ...)

Bishop of Knoxville (USA)

Jesus Christ yesterday today and forever

Born:	1962.10.19 (Lawrenceburg, TN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1990.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.07.26

Priest of Nashville (USA) (1990.07.13 – 2024.05.07)

Bishop of Knoxville (USA) (2024.05.07 – ...)

Archbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre (62)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.06.27 – 2024.05.07)

Bishop Richard Frank Stika
(2009.01.12 – 2023.06.27)

Jesu confido in te

Born:	1957.07.04 (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1985.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.03.19
Died:	2026.02.17 (St. Louis, MO, USA † 68)

Priest of Saint Louis (USA) (1985.12.14 – 2009.01.12)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1995.06.17 – 2009.01.12)

Bishop of Knoxville (USA) (2009.01.12 – 2023.06.27)

Bishop Joseph Edward Kurtz (79) (later Archbishop)
(1999.10.26 – 2007.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Louisville (USA)

Hope in the Lord

Born:	1946.08.18 (Mahanoy City, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1972.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.12.08

Priest of Allentown (USA) (1972.03.18 – 1999.10.26)

Bishop of Knoxville (USA) (1999.10.26 – 2007.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA) (2007.06.12 – 2022.02.08)

Vice-President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (2010.11.16 – 2013.11.14)

President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (2013.11.14 – 2016.11.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Memphis (USA) (2018.10.24 – 2019.03.05)

Bishop Anthony Joseph O’Connell
(1988.05.27 – 1998.11.12)

Born:	1938.05.10 (Lisheen, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1963.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.09.08
Died:	2012.05.04 (Moncks Corner, SC, USA † 73)

Bishop of Knoxville (USA) (1988.05.27 – 1998.11.12)

Bishop of Palm Beach (USA) (1998.11.12 – 2002.03.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Knoxville, Tennessee
Minor Basilica: Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Former Cathedral (now not in use): Former Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Knoxville, Tennessee
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (53)

Birmingham (↙), Nashville (←), Louisville (↖), Lexington (↑), Richmond (↗), Charlotte (→), Atlanta (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 36,872 km²

Population: 71,208 Catholics (2.8% of 2,538,487 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes

Personnel: 77 priests (59 diocesan, 18 religious), 95 deacons, 72 religious (29 brothers, 43 sisters), 13 seminarians