Mobile, Alabama, archdiocese of
Mobile, Alabama, archdiocese of
Established as a Prefecture Apostolic in 1824 . Elevated to the Vicariate Apostolic of Alabama and the Floridas on 29 August 1825 . Elevated to the diocese of Mobile on 15 May 1829 , a suffragan of the archdiocese of New Orleans. The name was changed to the diocese of Mobile-Birmingham on 20 April 1954 . The diocese was split and the name changed back to the diocese of Mobile on 28 June 1969 . Elevated to an archdiocese on 29 July 1980 . Suffgran dioceses include,
Biloxi, Mississippi
Birmingham, Alabama
Jackson, Mississippi
See also,
Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
archdiocese of Mobile
patron saints index
New Catholic Dictionary