Diocese of Lexington, USA 🇺🇸

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Lexington / Lexingtonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Louisville

Neighbouring Dioceses: Louisville (←), Covington (↑), Columbus (↗), Steubenville (↗), Wheeling–Charleston (→), Richmond (↘), Knoxville (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1988.01.14: Established as Diocese of Lexington / Lexingtonen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Louisville and Diocese of Covington and became suffragan of Louisville)

Contact Info

Address: The Catholic Center, 1310 W. Main St., Lexington, KY 40508-2048, USA

Phone: +1 (606) 253-1993

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.03.12 – ...):

Bishop John Eric Stowe, O.F.M. Conv. (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lexington (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Eric Stowe, O.F.M. Conv. (59)
(2015.03.12 – ...)

Bishop of Lexington (USA)

Annuntiamus verbum vitæ

Born:	1966.04.15 (Amherst, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1995.09.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.05.05

Bishop of Lexington (USA) (2015.03.12 – ...)

Bishop Ronald William Gainer (78)
(2002.12.13 – 2014.01.24)

Bishop emeritus of Harrisburg (USA)

Ex de plenitudine gratiam pro gratia

Born:	1947.08.24 (Pottsville, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1973.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.02.22

Priest of Allentown (USA) (1973.05.19 – 2002.12.13)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1991.08.02 – 2002.12.13)

Bishop of Lexington (USA) (2002.12.13 – 2014.01.24)

Bishop of Harrisburg (USA) (2014.01.24 – 2023.04.25)

Bishop James Kendrick Williams (89)
(1988.01.14 – 2002.06.11)

Bishop emeritus of Lexington (USA)

Born:	1936.09.05 (Athertonville, KY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1963.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.06.19

Priest of Louisville (USA) (1963.05.25 – 1984.04.15)

Titular Bishop of Catula (1984.04.15 – 1988.01.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Covington (USA) (1984.04.15 – 1988.01.14)

Bishop of Lexington (USA) (1988.01.14 – 2002.06.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Christ the King, Lexington, Kentucky
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (66)

Louisville (←), Covington (↑), Columbus (↗), Steubenville (↗), Wheeling–Charleston (→), Richmond (↘), Knoxville (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 42,520 km²

Population: 38,673 Catholics (2.4% of 1,588,319 total)

Pastoral Centres: 59 parishes

Personnel: 70 priests (56 diocesan, 14 religious), 72 deacons, 49 religious (14 brothers, 35 sisters), 5 seminarians