Diocese of Nashville, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nashville / Nashvillen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Louisville

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1837.07.28: Established as Diocese of Nashville / Nashvillen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bardstown and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1850.07.19: Became suffragan of Cincinnati
1937.12.10: Became suffragan of Louisville
1970.06.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Memphis
1988.05.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Knoxville

Contact Info

Address: 2400 21st Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37212, USA

Phone: +1 (615) 383-6393

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.11.21 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Mark Spalding (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nashville (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Mark Spalding (59)
(2017.11.21 – ...)

Bishop of Nashville (USA)

God has lifted up the lowly

Born:	1965.01.13 (Lebanon, KY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1991.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.02.02

Priest of Louisville (USA) (1991.08.03 – 2017.11.21)

Bishop of Nashville (USA) (2017.11.21 – ...)

Bishop David Raymond Choby
(2005.12.20 – 2017.06.03)

That we may live

Born:	1947.01.17 (Nashville, TN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1974.09.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.27
Died:	2017.06.03 († 70)

Priest of Nashville (USA) (1974.09.06 – 2005.12.20)

Bishop of Nashville (USA) (2005.12.20 – 2017.06.03)

Bishop Edward Urban Kmiec
(1992.10.13 – 2004.08.12)

Charity and service

Born:	1936.06.04 (Trenton, NJ, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.11.03
Died:	2020.07.11 (Buffalo, NY, USA † 84)

Priest of Trento (Italy) (1961.12.20 – 1982.08.26)

Titular Bishop of Simidicca (1982.08.26 – 1992.10.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1982.08.26 – 1992.10.13)

Bishop of Nashville (USA) (1992.10.13 – 2004.08.12)

Bishop of Buffalo (USA) (2004.10.28 – 2012.05.29)

Bishop James Daniel Niedergeses
(1975.04.08 – 1992.10.13)

Born:	1917.02.02 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1944.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.05.20
Died:	2007.11.16 († 90)

Bishop of Nashville (USA) (1975.04.08 – 1992.10.13)

Bishop Joseph Aloysius Durick
(1969.09.10 – 1975.04.02)

Born:	1914.10.13 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1940.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.03.24
Died:	1994.06.26 († 79)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile–Birmingham (USA) (1954.12.30 – 1963.12.11)

Titular Bishop of Cerbali (1954.12.30 – 1969.09.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Nashville (USA) (1963.12.11 – 1969.09.10)

Bishop of Nashville (USA) (1969.09.10 – 1975.04.02)

Bishop William Lawrence Adrian
(1936.02.06 – 1969.09.04)

Born:	1883.04.16 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1911.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.04.16
Died:	1972.02.13 († 88)

Bishop of Nashville (USA) (1936.02.06 – 1969.09.04)

Titular Bishop of Helos (1969.09.04 – 1971.01.13)

Bishop Alphonse John Smith
(1923.12.23 – 1935.12.16)

Born:	1883.11.14 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1908.04.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.03.25
Died:	1935.12.16 († 52)

Bishop of Nashville (USA) (1923.12.23 – 1935.12.16)

Bishop Thomas Sebastian Byrne
(1894.05.10 – 1923.09.04)

Born:	1841.07.28 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1869.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1894.07.25
Died:	1923.09.04 († 82)

Bishop of Nashville (USA) (1894.05.10 – 1923.09.04)

Bishop Joseph Rademacher
(1883.04.03 – 1893.07.15)

Born:	1840.12.03 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1863.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.06.24
Died:	1900.06.12 († 59)

Bishop of Nashville (USA) (1883.04.03 – 1893.07.15)

Bishop of Fort Wayne (USA) (1893.07.15 – 1900.06.12)

Bishop Patrick Augustine Feehan (later Archbishop)
(1865.06.07 – 1880.09.10)

Eia advocata nostra

Born:	1829.08.28 (Killenaule, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1852.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1865.11.12
Died:	1902.07.12 (Chicago, IL, USA † 72)

Priest of Saint Louis (USA) (1852.11.01 – 1865.06.07)

Bishop of Nashville (USA) (1865.06.07 – 1880.09.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) (1880.09.10 – 1902.07.12)

Bishop James Whelan, O.P.
(1860.02.21 – 1864.02.12)

Born:	1822.06.08 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1846.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1859.05.08
Died:	1878.02.18 († 55)

Titular Bishop of Marcopolis (1859.04.15 – 1860.02.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Nashville (USA) (1859.04.15 – 1860.02.21)

Bishop of Nashville (USA) (1860.02.21 – 1864.02.12)

Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis (1864.02.12 – 1878.02.18)

Bishop Richard Pius Miles, O.P.
(1837.07.28 – 1860.02.21)

Born:	1791.05.17 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1816.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1838.09.16
Died:	1860.02.21 († 68)

Bishop of Nashville (USA) (1837.07.28 – 1860.02.21)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Aloysius Durick (1963.12.11 – 1969.09.10)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop James Whelan, O.P. (1859.04.15 – 1860.02.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Incarnation, Nashville, Tennessee
Former Cathedral: Church of St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows, Nashville, Tennessee
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (59)

Memphis (←), Owensboro (↑), Louisville (↗), Knoxville (→), Birmingham (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 42,222 km²

Population: 90,390 Catholics (3.1% of 2,870,202 total)

Pastoral Centres: 53 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 98 priests (81 diocesan, 17 religious), 90 deacons, 348 religious (18 brothers, 330 sisters), 21 seminarians