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Mobile, Alabama, archdiocese of

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

Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary