Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi encompasses 17 counties in south Mississippi. It was erected on March 1, 1977, when it was split from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson. The diocese is part of the ecclesiastical province of Mobile, though for the first three years of its existence it was in the province of New Orleans.

Diocese of Biloxi

Dioecesis Biloxiiensis
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Biloxi
Location
Country United States
Territory Southern Mississippi (17 counties)
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Mobile
Statistics
Area24,992 km2 (9,649 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2012)
857,000
71,500 (8.3%)
Parishes42
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedMarch 1, 1977
CathedralCathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Patron saintSt. Joseph the Worker
St. Martin de Porres
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLouis Frederick Kihneman
Metropolitan ArchbishopArchbishop Thomas J. Rodi
Map
Website
biloxidiocese.org

The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Biloxi, Mississippi, is the diocese's cathedral.

History

Pope Paul IV erected the Diocese of Biloxi, with territory taken from the Diocese of Natches-Jackson on 1 March 1977.[1]

On 29 July 1980, Pope John Paul II elevated the Diocese of Mobile to a metropolitan archdiocese[2] and designated the Diocese of Biloxi as a suffragan of the new metropolitan see.

On December 16, 2016, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had accepted Bishop Roger Morin's resignation and appointed Louis Kihneman III, Vicar General of the Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, as Morin's successor.[3]

Bishops

Bishops of Biloxi
  1. Joseph Lawson Howze (1977–2001)
  2. Thomas John Rodi (2001–2008), appointed Archbishop of Mobile
  3. Roger Morin (2009–2016)
  4. Louis Frederick Kihneman (2017–present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

High schools

Closed schools:

* Closed in 2007 and replaced by St. Patrick Catholic High School.

See also

References
  1. Diocese of Biloxi page on Catholic Hierarchy web site.
  2. Diocese of Mobile page on Catholic Hierarchy web site.
  3. http://www.usccb.org/news/2016/16-175.cfm


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