Diocese of Savannah, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Savannah / Savannen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Atlanta

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John the Baptist (June 24), Our Lady of Perpetual Help (June 27)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 25

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1850.07.03: Established as Diocese of Savannah / Savannen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Charleston and Diocese of Mobile and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1857.01.09: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Florida
1937.01.05: Renamed as Diocese of Savannah–Atlanta / Savannen(sis)–Atlanten(sis) (Latin)
1956.07.02: Renamed as Diocese of Savannah / Savannen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Atlanta)
1962.02.10: Became suffragan of Atlanta

Contact Info

Address: 601 E Liberty St., Savannah, GA 31401-5196, USA

Phone: +1 (912) 201-4100

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.07.08 – ...):

Bishop Stephen Douglas Parkes (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Savannah (Roman Rite)

Bishop Stephen Douglas Parkes (59)
(2020.07.08 – ...)

Bishop of Savannah (USA)

Gaudete in Domino semper

Born:	1965.06.02 (Mineola, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1998.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.09.23

Priest of Orlando (USA) (1998.05.23 – 2020.07.08)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (2020.07.08 – ...)

Bishop Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv. (73) (later Archbishop)
(2011.07.19 – 2020.03.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA)

Pax et bonum

Born:	1951.11.21 (Buffalo, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1979.05.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.10.18

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (2011.07.19 – 2020.03.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA) (2020.03.05 – ...)

Bishop John Kevin Boland (89)
(1995.02.07 – 2011.07.19)

Bishop emeritus of Savannah (USA)

Christus in corde

Born:	1935.04.25 (Monkstown, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1959.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.04.18

Priest of Savannah (USA) (1959.06.14 – 1995.02.07)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1995.02.07 – 2011.07.19)

Bishop Raymond William Lessard
(1973.03.05 – 1995.02.07)

To add joy to your faith

Born:	1930.12.21 (Grafton, ND, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1956.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.04.27
Died:	2016.01.03 († 85)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1973.03.05 – 1995.02.07)

Bishop Gerard Louis Frey
(1967.05.31 – 1972.11.07)

Serviam

Born:	1914.05.10 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1938.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.08.08
Died:	2007.08.16 († 93)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1967.05.31 – 1972.11.07)

Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (1972.11.07 – 1989.05.13)

Bishop Thomas Joseph McDonough (later Archbishop)
(1960.03.02 – 1967.03.01)

Nihil sine Deo

Born:	1911.12.05 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1938.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.04.30
Died:	1998.08.04 († 86)

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1938.05.26 – 1947.03.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA) (1947.03.10 – 1957.01.02)

Titular Bishop of Thenæ (1947.03.10 – 1960.03.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1957.01.02 – 1960.03.02)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1960.03.02 – 1967.03.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Louisville (USA) (1967.03.01 – 1981.09.29)

Archbishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara
(1950.07.12 – 1959.11.12)

Vitam impendere Christo

Born:	1895.05.04 (Scranton, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1920.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.05.21
Died:	1963.07.16 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Phœnicia (1929.04.26 – 1935.11.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1929.04.26 – 1935.11.26)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1935.11.26 – 1937.01.05)

Bishop of Savannah–Atlanta (USA) (1937.01.05 – 1950.07.12)

Archbishop-Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1950.07.12 – 1959.11.12)

Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland (1951.11.27 – 1954.06.08)

Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain (1954.06.08 – 1963.07.16)

Titular Archbishop of Pessinus (1959.11.12 – 1963.07.16)

Bishops of Savannah–Atlanta (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara (later Archbishop)
(1937.01.05 – 1950.07.12)

(see above)

Bishops of Savannah (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara (later Archbishop)
(1935.11.26 – 1937.01.05)

(see above)

Bishop Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M.
(1922.06.27 – 1935.09.23)

Ave maris stella

Born:	1876.02.28 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1907.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.10.18
Died:	1959.08.07 († 83)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1922.06.27 – 1935.09.23)

Titular Bishop of Areopolis (1935.09.23 – 1959.08.07)

Bishop Benjamin Joseph Keiley
(1900.04.02 – 1922.03.18)

Dominus meus et Deus meus

Born:	1847.10.13 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1873.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1900.06.03
Died:	1925.06.17 († 77)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1900.04.02 – 1922.03.18)

Titular Bishop of Scilium (1922.03.18 – 1925.06.17)

Bishop Thomas Albert Andrew Becker
(1886.03.26 – 1899.07.29)

Ora pro nobis

Born:	1832.12.30 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1859.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.08.16
Died:	1899.07.29 († 66)

Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (1868.03.03 – 1886.03.26)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1886.03.26 – 1899.07.29)

Bishop William Hickley Gross, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop)
(1873.02.14 – 1885.02.01)

Lumen æternum mundo effudit

Born:	1837.06.12 (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1863.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1873.04.27
Died:	1898.11.14 (Baltimore, MD, USA † 61)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1873.02.14 – 1885.02.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Oregon City (USA) (1885.02.01 – 1898.11.14)

Bishop Ignazio Persico (德斯馬曾), O.F.M. Cap. (later Cardinal)
(1870.03.20 – 1872.08.25)

Born:	1823.01.30 (Napoli, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1846.01.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1854.06.04
Created Cardinal:	1893.01.16
Died:	1895.12.07 (Roma, Italy † 72)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Bombay (India) (1854.03.08 – 1856.12.19)

Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis (1854.03.08 – 1870.03.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Agra (India) (1856.12.19 – 1860.06.24)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1870.03.20 – 1872.08.25)

Titular Bishop of Bolina (1874.06.20 – 1879.03.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Aquino (Italy) (1878.07.15 – 1879.03.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) (1878.07.15 – 1879.03.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sora (Italy) (1878.07.15 – 1879.03.26)

Bishop of Aquino (Italy) (1879.03.26 – 1887.03.14)

Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) (1879.03.26 – 1887.03.14)

Bishop of Sora (Italy) (1879.03.26 – 1887.03.14)

Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis (1887.03.14 – 1893.01.16)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1891.06.13 – 1893.05.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1893.01.19 – 1895.12.07)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics (1893.05.30 – 1895.12.07)

Bishop Jean-Marcel-Pierre-Augustin Vérot, P.S.S.
(1861.07.14 – 1870.03.11)

Fide et virtute

Born:	1805.05.23 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1828.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1858.04.25
Died:	1876.06.10 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Danaba-orum (1857.12.21 – 1861.07.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Florida (USA) (1857.12.21 – 1870.03.11)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1861.07.14 – 1870.03.11)

Bishop of Saint Augustine (USA) (1870.03.11 – 1876.06.10)

Bishop John Barry
(1857.01.09 – 1859.11.19)

Ora pro nobis

Born:	1799.07.16 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1825.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1857.08.02
Died:	1859.11.19 († 60)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1857.01.09 – 1859.11.19)

Bishop Francis Xavier Gartland
(1850.07.23 – 1854.09.20)

Vincit veritas / Deus in adjutorium meum intende / Malo mori quam fœdari

Born:	1805.01.13 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1832.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1850.11.10
Died:	1854.09.20 († 49)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1850.07.23 – 1854.09.20)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Joseph McDonough (later Archbishop) (1957.01.02 – 1960.03.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis Edward Hyland (1949.10.15 – 1956.07.17)