The Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama is a particular church

Particular Church

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 of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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 that encompasses the northern 39 counties of the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alabama

Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

. It was erected on December 9, 1969, when it was split from the Archdiocese of Mobile

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile

The Archdiocese of Mobile is a Roman Catholic archdiocese comprising the lower 28 counties of Alabama. It is the metropolitan seat of the Province of Mobile, which includes the suffragan bishopric sees of the Diocese of Biloxi, the Diocese of Jackson, and the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama...

. The diocese

Diocese

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 is part of the ecclesiastical province

Ecclesiastical Province

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 of Mobile

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile

The Archdiocese of Mobile is a Roman Catholic archdiocese comprising the lower 28 counties of Alabama. It is the metropolitan seat of the Province of Mobile, which includes the suffragan bishopric sees of the Diocese of Biloxi, the Diocese of Jackson, and the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama...

.

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The Cathedral of Saint Paul

Cathedral of Saint Paul in Birmingham

The Cathedral of Saint Paul — informally known as Saint Paul's Cathedral — is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama. Father James Coyle's remains will be relocated from Elmwood Cemetery to this church where he was its...

, in Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

 serves as the Episcopal see

Episcopal See

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 of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama.

Diocesan bishops

The diocesan bishop

Diocesan bishop

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s of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama and dates of service:

• Joseph Gregory Vath
  Joseph Gregory Vath
  Bishop Joseph Gregory Vath, born March 12, 1918, in New Orleans, Louisiana, was a Roman Catholic bishop and the first Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 7, 1941. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham on March 4, 1966, and consecrated on May...
  
   (1969-1987) (died 1987)
• Raymond James Boland
  Raymond James Boland
  Raymond James Boland, born February 8, 1932, in Ireland, was the second Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama and the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph....
  
   (1988-1993), Bishop Emeritus
• David Edward Foley
  David Edward Foley
  David Edward Foley was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington on May 26, 1956.He was appointed by Pope John Paul II the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Richmond in Virginia on May 3, 1986. He was consecrated on June 27, 1986. Pope John Paul II later appointed Bishop...
  
   (1994-2005), Bishop Emeritus
• Robert Joseph Baker
  Robert Joseph Baker
  Robert J. Baker is an American Roman Catholic prelate who serves as the Bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama. He was appointed to this post by Pope Benedict XVI on August 14, 2007 and installed on October 2, 2007...
  
   (2007-present)

Bishops who once were priests of the Diocese of Birmingham

The following men began their service as priests in Birmingham before being appointed bishops elsewhere:

Living

• Joseph Salvador Marino, Archbishop, Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh

High schools

• Pope John Paul II Catholic High School, Huntsville
• Holy Family Cristo Rey High School
  Holy Family Cristo Rey High School (Birmingham, Alabama)
  Holy Family Cristo Rey High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama.-Background:...
  
  , Birmingham
• Holy Spirit High School, Tuscaloosa
• John Carroll Catholic High School, Birmingham
• Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School
  Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School (McClellan, Alabama)
  Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Fort McClellan, Alabama. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama.-Background:...
  
  , McClellan
• St. Bernard Preparatory School*, Cullman

* Operated independent of Diocese.

Province of Mobile

See: List of the Catholic bishops of the United States#Province of Mobile

External links

• Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama