The diocese, which has a total population of 3,444,578 inhabitants of whom only 32,409 are Catholics, covers an area of 58,980 square miles. There are 143 diocesan priests, 93 religious of 9 different congregations, 44 parishes, 48 chapels, 29 missions, 40 stations, 27 brothers, 306 religious sisters of 15 different congregations, 19 seminarians, 3 orphanages, 4 hospitals.
The diocese of S. was created by Pius IX on 19 July 1850 and comprised the whole State of Georgia and the eastern part of Florida as far as the Apalachicola River. The part situated in the State of Florida was detached in 1857 to form the apostolic vicariate of Florida, which later became the diocese of St. Augustine in 1870. The name of the diocese was changed by Pius XI in 1937 to that of S.-A. It is a suffragan of Baltimore.
Bibliography4 worksThe Official Cath. Direct., New York 1952; J. Keiley, s. v. in Cath. Enc., XIII, p. 488; G. J. Shea, Hist. of the Cath. Church in the U. S.,
BIBL.: The Official Cath. Direct., New York 1952; J. Keiley, s. v. in Cath. Enc., XIII, p. 488; G. J. Shea, Hist. of the Cath. Church in the U. S., IV, New York 1892, pp. 92 ff., 451 ff.; Th. Roemer, The Cath. Church in the United States, St. Louis-London 1950, p. 228.
Carrière, Gastone. “Savannah-Atlanta, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1971. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/savannah-atlanta-diocesi-di.
MLA
Carrière, Gastone. “Savannah-Atlanta, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1971. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/savannah-atlanta-diocesi-di.
BibTeX
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author = {Carrière, Gastone},
title = {Savannah-Atlanta, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {X},
pages = {1971},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/savannah-atlanta-diocesi-di}
}
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