Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Owensboro, Diocese of

OWENSBORO, DIOCESI DI

By Gastone Carrière

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OWENSBORO, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of Kentucky, U.S.A. The diocese, erected on 23 Feb. 1938 by Pius XI, with the apostolic constitution Universi catholici orbis, covers an area of 12,502 square miles in the 32 counties of the western part of Kentucky.

A suffragan of Louisville, it has a population of 647,806 inhabitants (1940) with only 32,930 Catholics and 63 diocesan and religious priests. There are 58 parishes, 22 chapels, 4 missions, 2 hospitals.

O. resulted from a division of Louisville, which had become too large, and the early history of the diocese coincides with that of Louisville.

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BIBL.: AAS, 30 (1938), pp. 256-58; J. G. Shea, History of the Catholic Church in the United States, New York 1886-1892; The Official catholic directory 1950, ibid. 1950, pp. 450-51.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 481.

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Carrière, Gastone. “Owensboro, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 481. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/owensboro-diocesi-di.

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Carrière, Gastone. “Owensboro, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 481. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/owensboro-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec9_owensboro_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Carrière, Gastone},
  title     = {Owensboro, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {481},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/owensboro-diocesi-di}
}

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