Diocese of Owensboro, USA 🇺🇸

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Owensboro / Ovensburgen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Louisville

Neighbouring Dioceses: Memphis (↙), Springfield–Cape Girardeau (←), Belleville (↖), Evansville (↑), Indianapolis (↗), Louisville (→), Nashville (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Stephen

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1937.12.09: Established as Diocese of Owensboro / Ovensburgen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Louisville)
1937.12.10: Became suffragan of Louisville

Contact Info

Address: Chancery Office, 600 Lucust St., Owensboro, KY 42301-2130, USA

Phone: +1 (270) 683-1545

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.12.15 – ...):

Bishop William Francis Medley (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Owensboro (Roman Rite)

Bishop William Francis Medley (73)
(2009.12.15 – ...)

Bishop of Owensboro (USA)

Holy is God’s name

Born:	1952.09.17 (Loretto, KY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1982.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.02.10

Priest of Louisville (USA) (1982.05.22 – 2009.12.15)

Bishop of Owensboro (USA) (2009.12.15 – ...)

Bishop John Jeremiah McRaith
(1982.10.23 – 2009.01.05)

Born:	1934.12.06 (Hutchinson, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1960.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.12.15
Died:	2017.03.19 (Owensboro, KY, USA † 82)

Bishop of Owensboro (USA) (1982.10.23 – 2009.01.05)

Bishop Henry Joseph Soenneker
(1961.03.10 – 1982.06.30)

Omnes unum in Christo

Born:	1907.05.27 (Melrose, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1934.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.04.26
Died:	1987.09.24 (Owensboro, KY, USA † 80)

Bishop of Owensboro (USA) (1961.03.10 – 1982.06.30)

Bishop Francis Ridgley Cotton
(1937.12.16 – 1960.09.25)

Born:	1895.09.19 (Bardstown, KY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1920.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.02.24
Died:	1960.09.25 (Owensboro, KY, USA † 65)

Bishop of Owensboro (USA) (1937.12.16 – 1960.09.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Stephen Cathedral, Owensboro, Kentucky
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (83)

Memphis (↙), Springfield–Cape Girardeau (←), Belleville (↖), Evansville (↑), Indianapolis (↗), Louisville (→), Nashville (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 32,380 km²

Population: 52,350 Catholics (5.7% of 923,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 78 parishes

Personnel: 114 priests (77 diocesan, 37 religious), 46 deacons, 146 religious (37 brothers, 109 sisters), 4 seminarians