Diocese of Biloxi
Diocese of Biloxi Dioecesis Biloxiensis | |
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Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Biloxi | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Southern Mississippi (17 counties) |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Mobile |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 24,992 km2 (9,649 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 43 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 1, 1977 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Patron saint | St. Joseph the Worker St. Martin de Porres |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Louis Frederick Kihneman |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| biloxidiocese.org | |
The Diocese of Biloxi (Latin: Dioecesis Biloxiensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church that encompasses 17 counties in southern Mississippi in the United States. The diocese was erected in 1977. It is a suffragan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mobile. The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Biloxi is the diocesan cathedral.