Diocese of Memphis, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Memphis / Memphitan(us) in Tennesia (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Louisville

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1970.06.20: Established as Diocese of Memphis / Memphitan(us) in Tennesia (Latin) (from Diocese of Nashville and became suffragan of Louisville)

Contact Info

Address: The Catholic Center, 5825 Shelby Oaks Dr., P.O. Box 341669, Memphis, TN 38184-1669, USA

Phone: +1 (901) 373-1200

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.03.05 – ...):

Bishop David Prescott Talley (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Memphis (Roman Rite)

Bishop David Prescott Talley (74)
(2019.03.05 – ...)

Bishop of Memphis (USA)

Dabo vobis cor novum

Born:	1950.09.11 (Columbus, GA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1989.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.04.02

Priest of Atlanta (USA) (1989.06.03 – 2013.01.03)

Titular Bishop of Lambæsis (2013.01.03 – 2016.09.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (USA) (2013.01.03 – 2016.09.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Alexandria (USA) (2016.09.21 – 2017.02.02)

Bishop of Alexandria (USA) (2017.02.02 – 2019.03.05)

Bishop of Memphis (USA) (2019.03.05 – ...)

Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz (78)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.10.24 – 2019.03.05)

Bishop Martin David Holley (70)
(2016.08.23 – 2018.10.24 deposed)

Bishop emeritus of Memphis (USA)

His mercy endures

Born:	1954.12.31 (Pensacola, FL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1987.05.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.07.02

Priest of Pensacola–Tallahassee (USA) (1987.05.08 – 2004.05.18)

Titular Bishop of Rusibisir (2004.05.18 – 2016.08.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA) (2004.05.18 – 2016.08.23)

Bishop of Memphis (USA) (2016.08.23 – 2018.10.24 deposed)

Bishop James Terry Steib, S.V.D. (84)
(1993.03.24 – 2016.08.23)

Bishop emeritus of Memphis (USA)

The Lord is my light

Born:	1940.05.17 (Vacherie, LA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1967.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.02.10

Titular Bishop of Fallaba (1983.12.06 – 1993.03.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1983.12.06 – 1993.03.24)

Bishop of Memphis (USA) (1993.03.24 – 2016.08.23)

Bishop Daniel Mark Buechlein, O.S.B. (later Archbishop)
(1987.01.20 – 1992.07.14)

Seek the Face of the Lord

Born:	1938.04.20 (Jasper, IN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1964.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.03.02
Died:	2018.01.25 (St. Meinrad, IN, USA † 79)

Bishop of Memphis (USA) (1987.01.20 – 1992.07.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Indianapolis (USA) (1992.07.14 – 2011.09.21)

Bishop James Francis Stafford (92) (later Cardinal)
(1982.11.17 – 1986.05.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Denver (USA)
Major Penitentiary emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary

In principium erat verbum

Born:	1932.07.26 (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.02.29
Created Cardinal:	1998.02.21

Priest of Baltimore (USA) (1957.12.15 – 1976.01.19)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1970.07.28 – 1976.01.19)

Titular Bishop of Respecta (1976.01.19 – 1982.11.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA) (1976.01.19 – 1982.11.17)

Bishop of Memphis (USA) (1982.11.17 – 1986.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA) (1986.05.30 – 1996.08.20)

President of Pontifical Council for the Laity (1996.08.20 – 2003.10.04)

Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola (1998.02.21 [1998.05.02] – 2008.03.01)

Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary (2003.10.04 – 2009.06.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio (2008.03.01 [2008.05.25] – ...)

Bishop Carroll Thomas Dozier
(1970.11.12 – 1982.07.27)

In the beginning God

Born:	1911.08.18 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1937.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.01.06
Died:	1985.12.07 († 74)

Bishop of Memphis (USA) (1970.11.12 – 1982.07.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Memphis, Tennessee
National Shrine: National Shrine of St. Martin de Porres, Memphis, Tennessee
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Churches by City (48)

Little Rock (←), Springfield–Cape Girardeau (↖), Owensboro (↗), Nashville (→), Birmingham (↘), Jackson (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 27,585 km²

Population: 69,863 Catholics (4.5% of 1,564,576 total)

Pastoral Centres: 46 parishes

Personnel: 78 priests (68 diocesan, 10 religious), 62 deacons, 47 religious (26 brothers, 21 sisters), 13 seminarians