Bishop Byrne High School (Memphis, Tennessee)
Encyclopedia
Bishop Byrne High School is a private
, Roman Catholic high school
in Memphis, Tennessee
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis
.
attended this school.
(TSSAA) along with:
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
, Roman Catholic high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis
Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis is a Roman Catholic diocese in Tennessee. It was founded on June 20, 1970, when Pope Paul VI removed the counties in the state west of the Tennessee River from the Diocese of Nashville, which, prior to that time, encompassed the entire state.The diocese is...
.
Background
Bishop Byrne was established in 1965 to serve students in the South Memphis area. It is named after Bishop Thomas Sebastian Byrne, Bishop of the Nashville Diocese in the early 1900's. Bishop Byrne students come from a large area across Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. The mascot for the school is the Red Knight. Famous recording artist from Memphis,TN Miss B HollywoodMiss B Hollywood
Miss B Hollywood is a self-styled singing and songwriting Hip Hop artist from Memphis, Tennessee. Born in Jackson, Mississippi and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, the artist attended Bishop Byrne High School and Southaven High School in Memphis. Miss B Hollywood excelled in her studies and upon...
attended this school.
Athletics
Bishop Byrne competes in Division 2, Region A of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic AssociationTennessee Secondary School Athletic Association
The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is an organization which administers junior and senior high school sporting events in Tennessee.-Description:...
(TSSAA) along with:
- Bishop Byrne High School (Memphis, Tennessee)
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(Collierville)