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The cathedra, upholstered in red suede, has painted on its back the coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Louisville. Symbols on the coat of arms, important to Louisville and the Archdiocese, include: The fleur de lis, representing Louisville's French heritage; A crozier; A Star of David, an early symbol of the Virgin Mary
On December 9, 1937, Pope Pius XI elevated the Diocese of Louisville to the Archdiocese of Louisville. At the same time, the pope erected the Diocese of Owensboro, taking western Kentucky from the new archdiocese. [9] The Dioceses of Covington, Owensboro, and Nashville were now designated as suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Louisville. [10]
St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the fourth parish in the city and one of the oldest in the Archdiocese of Louisville. [citation needed] Founded as a church for German immigrants on the east side of Louisville in 1853, the church building was completed and dedicated on August ...
There are 135,421 Roman Catholic Louisvillians who are part of the Archdiocese of Louisville, covering 24 counties in central Kentucky, and consisting of 121 parishes and missions spread over 8,124 square miles (21,040 km 2). [1] The Cathedral of the Assumption in downtown Louisville is the seat of the Archdiocese of Louisville.
St. Louis Cemetery in Louisville's Tyler Park neighborhood serves as the final resting place for nearly 50,000 Catholics spread across 43 acres dotted with ornate sculptures and monoliths.
Ruard Acronius – Dutch Calvinist theologian and former priest; first mentioned in documents as a Protestant preacher in 1572; William Edward Addis – Scottish-born Australian clergyman of multiple denominations; first a member of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, and later a diocesan priest until his 1888 reconversion to Protestantism
St. Boniface Catholic Church (also known as St. Bonifacius Kirche Complex) is a historic church at 501-531 E. Liberty Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Established in 1836, St. Boniface was the first German Catholic parish in the city. [2] It is also the oldest, continuously existent, Catholic parish in the city of Louisville.
St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church (Louisville, Kentucky) St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Louisville, Kentucky) St. Rose Priory; St. Theresa Catholic Church (Rhodelia, Kentucky) Spalding University; J. Mark Spalding; St. Thomas–St. Vincent Orphanage; Richard Stika