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Bishop(s)

Shelton JosephFabre, Archbishop
Joseph EdwardKurtz, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated:10 December 1937
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery forBishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
State: Kentucky
Country:United States of America
Square Kilometers: 21,041 (8,127 Square Miles)
Conference Region:V (AL, KY, LA, MS, TN)
Catholic Directory Abbreviation: L
Official Web Site:http://www.archlou.org/
Mailing Address: 3940 Poplar Level Rd., Louisville, KY 40213, USA
Telephone: (502)585-3291
Fax: 585-2466

Historical Details

Diocese of Bardstown
- Erected:8 April 1808
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese ofBaltimore
- State: Kentucky
- Country:United States of America
Diocese of Louisville
- Latin Name:Ludovicopolitana
- Name Changed:13 February 1841
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese ofCincinnati
- State: Kentucky
- Country:United States of America
- Catholic Directory Abbreviation: L

Past and Present Ordinaries

Benedict JosephFlaget, P.S.S. † (8 Apr1808 Appointed - 25 Aug1832 Resigned)
John Baptist MaryDavid, P.S.S. † (25 Aug1832 Succeeded - 21 Mar1834 Resigned)
Benedict JosephFlaget, P.S.S. † (17 Mar1833 Appointed - 11 Feb1850 Died)
Martin JohnSpalding † (11 Feb1850 Succeeded - 6 May1864 Appointed, Archbishop ofBaltimore, Maryland)
Peter JosephLavialle † (7 Jul1865 Appointed - 11 May1867 Died)
William GeorgeMcCloskey † (3 Mar1868 Appointed - 17 Sep1909 Died)
DenisO’Donaghue † (7 Feb1910 Appointed - 26 Jul1924 Retired)
John AlexanderFloersh † (26 Jul1924 Succeeded - 25 Feb1967 Retired)
Thomas JosephMcDonough † (25 Feb1967 Appointed - 29 Sep1981 Resigned)
Thomas CajetanKelly, O.P. † (28 Dec1981 Appointed - 12 Jun2007 Retired)
Joseph EdwardKurtz (12 Jun 2007 Appointed -8 Feb 2022 Retired)
Shelton JosephFabre (8 Feb 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Bardstown
8 April 1808	Erected	Diocese ofBaltimore	Diocese ofBoston (erected) (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont) Diocese of Bardstown (erected) (States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and the Old Northwest Territory) Diocese ofNew York (erected) (State of New York plus Sussex, Bergen, Morris, Essex, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties in New Jersey) Diocese ofPhiladelphia (erected) (Pennsylvania, Delaware, and 7 counties of New Jersey)
19 June 1821	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bardstown	Diocese ofCincinnati (erected) (Ohio)
6 May 1834	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bardstown	Diocese ofVincennes (erected) (Indiana and the eastern portion of Illinois)
6 May 1834	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bardstown	Diocese ofSaint Louis (the rest of Illinois (not part of Vincennes))
18 June 1834	Territory Added		Diocese of Bardstown (KY and TN)
28 July 1837	Territory Lost	Diocese of Bardstown	Diocese ofNashville (erected) (State of Tennessee)
Diocese of Louisville
13 February 1841	Name Changed	Diocese of Bardstown	Diocese of Louisville
19 July 1850	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese ofCleveland (from Baltimore to Cincinnati) Diocese ofDetroit (from Baltimore to Cincinnati) Diocese of Louisville (from Baltimore to Cincinnati) Diocese ofVincennes (from Baltimore to Cincinnati)
29 July 1853	Territory Lost	Diocese of Louisville	Diocese ofCovington (erected) (Eastern part of KY)
9 December 1937	Territory Lost	Diocese of Louisville (Ballard, Carliste, Hickman, Fulton, McCracken, Graves, Livingston, Marshall, Calloway, Trigg, Lyon, Crittenden, Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Webster, Union, Henderson, Daviess, Eandock, McLean, Ohio, Muhlenberg, Butler, Todd, Logan, Breckinridge, ...)	Diocese ofOwensboro (erected)
Archdiocese of Louisville
10 December 1937	Elevated	Diocese of Louisville	Archdiocese of Louisville
14 January 1988	Territory Lost	Diocese ofCovington (Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Garrard, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Jessimine, Johnson, Knot, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, Manifee, Montgo...) Archdiocese of Louisville (Anderson, Boyle, Lincoln, McCreary, Mercer, Pulaski, and Wayne)	Diocese ofLexington (erected)

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Louisville
1910	135,421			142	62	204	663					ce
1918	117,696			122	87	209	563				168	ocdk1919
1928	117,437			119	112	231	508				162	ocdk1929
Archdiocese of Louisville
1950	132,050	905,078	14.6%	168	133	301	438		246	420	110	ap1951
1965	196,271	1,097,104	17.9%	280	186	466	421		377	1,526	137	ap1967
1970	196,537	1,097,104	17.9%	259	159	418	470		303	1,482	123	ap1971
1976	196,505	1,223,700	16.1%	255	113	368	533		261	1,542	124	ap1977
1980	210,154	1,320,000	15.9%	248	110	358	587	44	232	1,462	126	ap1981
1990	196,734	1,156,000	17.0%	206	73	279	705	82	167	1,281	126	ap1991
1999	178,420	1,139,022	15.7%	185	59	244	731	96	83	1,026	113	ap2000
2000	196,929	1,206,280	16.3%	176	64	240	820	107	152	953	112	ap2001
2001	196,910	1,215,069	16.2%	172	66	238	827	108	150	987	112	ap2002
2002	197,283	1,220,070	16.2%	170	65	235	839	106	146	941	111	ap2003
2003	197,285	1,220,070	16.2%	171	59	230	857	111	138	944	111	ap2004
2004	196,888	1,119,465	17.6%	159	58	217	907	110	137	870	111	ap2005
2006	210,000	1,190,000	17.6%	144	61	205	1,024	104	133	796	112	ap2007
2010	218,000	1,234,000	17.7%	136	56	192	1,135	119	117	697	102	ap2011
2013	224,600	1,368,911	16.4%	133	50	183	1,227	140	106	580	102	ap2014
2016	280,000	1,389,465	20.2%	139	41	180	1,555	130	87	494	111	ap2017
2019	183,831	1,413,500	13.0%	140	49	189	972	142	93	501	101	ap2020
2021	174,330	1,396,298	12.5%	140	50	190	917	141	85	744	101	ap2022
2023	164,784	1,319,621	12.5%	127	39	166	992	131	61	363	110	ap2024

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Guy IgnatiusChabrat, P.S.S. † (Deacon: 21 Sep1811;Priest: 21 Dec1811;Coadjutor Bishop: 27 Jul1832 -Did Not Take Effect)
Francis RidgleyCotton † (Priest: 17 Jun1920 to 16 Dec1937)
John Baptist MaryDavid, P.S.S. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 4 Jul1817;Bishop: 25 Aug1832 to 21 Mar1834)
Roland PierreDuMaine †
Benedict JosephFlaget, P.S.S. † (Bishop: 8 Apr1808 to 25 Aug1832)
John AlexanderFloersh † (Coadjutor Bishop: 6 Feb1923;Bishop: 26 Jul1924;Archbishop: 10 Dec1937 to 25 Feb1967)
MichaelHeiss † (Priest: 18 Oct1840 to 3 Mar1868)
Rupert (Gilbert Paul)Hillerich, O.F.M. Conv. †
Thomas CajetanKelly, O.P. † (Archbishop: 28 Dec1981 to 12 Jun2007)
Peter JosephLavialle † (Priest: 12 Feb1844;Bishop: 7 Jul1865 to 11 May1867)
Charles GarrettMaloney † (Priest: 8 Dec1937;Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Dec1954 to 5 Jan1988)
William GeorgeMcCloskey † (Bishop: 3 Mar1868 to 17 Sep1909)
Thomas JosephMcDonough † (Archbishop: 25 Feb1967 to 29 Sep1981)
JohnMcGill † (Priest: 13 Jun1835 to 23 Jul1850)
George ThomasMontgomery †
DenisO’Donaghue † (Bishop: 7 Feb1910 to 26 Jul1924)
Theodore HenryReverman † (Priest: 26 Jul1901 to 2 Jul1926)
JamesRyan † (Priest: 24 Dec1871 to 28 Feb1888)
John LancasterSpalding † (Priest: 19 Dec1863 to 19 Dec1876)
Martin JohnSpalding † (Priest: 13 Aug1834;Coadjutor Bishop: 9 May1848;Bishop: 11 Feb1850 to 6 May1864)

Source(s)

Diocese of Louisville
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 172
Archdiocese of Louisville
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 30, Page 260, to Page 262