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
Cathedral of Saint Andrew, Little Rock

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock (Latin: Dioecesis Petriculana) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Oklahoma City located in the US state of 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

Schools

In 2013 there were 6,913 students in Catholic schools in Arkansas. In the 1960s there were 11,500 students in Arkansas Catholic schools; this was the peak enrollment.[1] During that decade, ten of the Catholic schools in Arkansas were for black people. None of those schools remained open by 2013.[2]

High schools and schools with high school sections:

Grade schools include:

Defunct schools

Schools with high school sections:

Schools without high school sections:

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.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hargett, Malea (2013-03-28). "Despite ‘year of grace,’ St. Joseph School will close". Arkansas Catholic. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hargett, Malea (2012-05-12). "State's last black Catholic school to close". Arkansas Catholic. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  3. ↑ SJCHS. "SJC: History & Heritage". Retrieved 2012-07-27.
  4. ↑ Hebda, Dwain (2013-05-16). "The last class graduates from St. Joseph in Pine Bluff". Arkansas Catholic. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  5. ↑ "Pine Bluff Catholic school to Close". KATV. 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  6. ↑ USA Today, Six Ark. nuns excommunicated for heresy

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

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