Archdiocese of Mobile
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mobile Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Mobiliensis | |
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Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Lower half of Alabama |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Mobile |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 59,467 km2 (22,960 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 76 |
| Schools | 20 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1825 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception |
| Patron saint | Immaculate Conception (Primary) Irenaeus of Lyons, Michael the Archangel (Secondary) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mark Steven Rivituso |
| Vicar General | William J. Skoneki |
| Judicial Vicar | James S. Kee |
| Bishops emeritus | Thomas John Rodi |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| mobarch.org | |
The Archdiocese of Mobile (Latin: Archidiœcesis Mobiliensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in southern Alabama in the United States. It is the metropolitan see of its ecclesiastical province, which includes the suffragan diocese of the Diocese of Biloxi, the Diocese of Jackson, and the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama. It was established as the Archdiocese of Mobile on November 16, 1980. The Archbishop of Mobile is the pastor of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception located in Mobile, Alabama.