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The Diocese of Lexington (Latin: Dioecesis Lexingtonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, in southeastern Kentucky in the United States. It was erected on January 14, 1988. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Louisville.
It was created in 1895 from the Diocese of Kentucky which continues to have jurisdiction of the western portion of the state. The cathedral for the Diocese of Kentucky is located in Louisville. The Diocese of Lexington is in Province 4 and its cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral, is in Lexington, as are the diocesan offices. [1]
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.
Diocese of Lexington can refer to either of two dioceses of Lexington, Kentucky: Episcopal Diocese of Lexington , a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington , a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church
Map of dioceses of the Episcopal Church, colored by province ... Diocese of Kentucky: Louisville: 1832 32 6,409 2,018 Diocese of Lexington: Lexington: 1896 34 6,186 ...
Pages in category "Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... The Piarist School (Martin, Kentucky) R.
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Christ the King Parish was established in the Diocese of Covington on July 22, 1945. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Initially, Mass and other parish functions were held in the chapel at St. Catherine's Academy. The Rev. George J. O'Brien was named the parish's first pastor but had to resign soon after because of ill health, being replaced by the Rev. Richard O'Neill.