Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock

Diocese of Little Rock Dioecesis Petriculana
The coat of arms of the Diocese of Little Rock
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Arkansas
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
Population - Catholics	122,842 (4.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	28 November 1843
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Andrew
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Anthony Taylor Bishop of Little Rock
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paul Stagg Coakley Archbishop of Oklahoma City
Map
Website
dolr.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock (Latin: Dioecesis Petriculana) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Arkansas. It was founded on November 28, 1843.

Ordinaries

The following are lists of ordinaries and their years of service:

Bishops

1. Andrew Byrne (1843 - 1862)
2. Edward Fitzgerald (1866–1907)
3. John Baptist Morris (1907–1946)
4. Albert Lewis Fletcher (1946–1972)
5. Andrew Joseph McDonald (1972–2000)
6. J. Peter Sartain (2000–2006)
7. Anthony Taylor (2008–present)

Auxiliary Bishop

• Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves (1969—1973)

High schools

• Catholic High School for Boys, Little Rock (All-Boys)
• Mount St. Mary Academy, Little Rock (All-Girls)
• Sacred Heart School, Morrilton
• St. Joseph High School, Conway
• Subiaco Academy, Subiaco (All-Boys)

Defunct high schools

• St. Joseph Catholic High School, Pine Bluff

Excommunications

On September 28, 2007, Msgr. J. Gaston Hebert, the diocese administrator (per the July 11 Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) stated that 6 Arkansas nuns were excommunicated for heresy (the first in the diocese's 165-year history). They refused to recant the doctrines of the Community of the Lady of All Nations (Army of Mary). The 6 nuns are members of the Good Shepherd Monastery of Our Lady of Charity and Refuge in Hot Springs. Sister Mary Theresa Dionne, 82, one of the 6, said they will still live at the convent property, which they own. The sect believed that its 86-year-old founder, Marie Paule Giguere, is the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary.^[1]

See also

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References

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock Home Page
•  "Diocese of Little Rock". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 

Diocese of Little Rock Bishops Ordinaries Andrew Byrne Edward Fitzgerald John Baptist Morris Albert Lewis Fletcher Andrew Joseph McDonald J. Peter Sartain Anthony Taylor Auxiliary Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves Churches Cathedral Cathedral of St. Andrew Parishes Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Altus St. Richard's Church, Bald Knob St. John the Baptist Church, Brinkley St. Mary Church, Helena Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, North Little Rock St. Joseph Church, Tontitown St. Luke's Church, Warren Former St. Elizabeth's Church, De Valls Bluff Education High Schools Catholic High School for Boys, Little Rock Mount St. Mary Academy, Little Rock Sacred Heart School, Morrilton St. Joseph High School, Conway Subiaco Academy, Subiaco Former high schools St. Joseph Catholic High School, Pine Bluff Religious Orders Marylake Carmelite Monastery Subiaco Abbey Catholicism Portal

Coordinates: 34°44′10″N 92°19′52″W / 34.73611°N 92.33111°W / 34.73611; -92.33111