Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky

Also known as

• Diocese of Bardstown
• Diocese of Louisville

Founded

• 8 April 1808 by Pope Pius VII as the diocese of Bardstown, Kentucky

Elevated

• 10 December 1937 by Pope Pius XI to an Archdiocese

Suffragans

Bishops

Additional Information

• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• Google Maps
• Patron Saints of the Archdiocese

Notes

Transferred from Bardstown and renamed as the Diocese of Louisville on 13 February 1841 by Pope Gregory XVI.

MLA Citation

• “Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky”. Gazetteer of the Faith. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 August 2010. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/archdiocese-of-louisville-kentucky/>