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The Archdiocese of Atlanta (Latin: Archdiœcesis Atlantensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in northern Georgia in United States. The archdiocese is led by a prelate archbishop, who also serves as pastor of the mother church, the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. [1]
The Cathedral of Christ the King is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta. The cathedral is located on Peachtree Road in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. As of 2025, Christ the King Parish had over 5,300 registered families, making it one of the largest parishes in the archdiocese.
Atlanta 1957 [15] 1958 Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church Atlanta 2006 [16] 1959 Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Decatur 1959 [17] 1960 St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church Atlanta 1962 [18] 1960 St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church Dahlonega: 1898 [19] 1960 Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church South Fulton: 1989 [20] 1964
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
Ecclesiastical Province of Atlanta. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta is the Ordinary of the Archdiocese of Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States.. As a metropolitan bishop, the archbishop oversees the entire Ecclesiastical Province of Atlanta which spans the states of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, and consists of the dioceses of Charleston, Charlotte, Raleigh ...
On May 15, 2017, Pope Francis appointed Shlesinger as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. [3] [5] He was consecrated by Cardinal Wilton Gregory at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta on July 19, 2017, with Bishops Michael Francis Burbidge and Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto serving as co-consecrators.
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The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic church in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The current church building was completed in 1873 and is the oldest church in Atlanta, as well as one of the oldest standing buildings in the city. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.