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 The geographic areas of Alabama and Mississippi are in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama which includes the Diocese of Birmingham, in Alabama, and Dioceses of Biloxi and Jackson, Mississippi. 

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Alabama and Mississippi
Online web sites found for the Archdiocese and Dioceses are below with online Churches, maps and histories highlighted.  Select the region of interest.

 

ALABAMA

Archdiocese of Mobile (southern Alabama)
  Diocese of Birmingham (northern Alabama)

MISSISSIPPI

  Diocese of Biloxi (southeastern Mississippi)
  Diocese of Jackson (northern, central & western Mississippi)


For links to Byzantine Catholic Churches scroll down or click here:

ALABAMA
   Archdiocese of Mobile (southern Alabama)
   Diocese of Birmingham (northern Alabama)
MISSISSIPPI
   Diocese of Biloxi (southeastern Mississippi)
   Diocese of Jackson (northern, central and western Mississippi)

For links to Byzantine Catholic Churches scroll down or click here:

   Chancery:  400 Government St. - P.O. Box 1966 - Mobile, AL  36633.
The Archdiocese of Mobile encompasses the southern Alabama counties of Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndee, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Macon, Pike, Russell, Washington and Wilcox.
     The remaining northern Alabama counties are within the Diocese of Birmingham.

    • 1911 History of the Archdiocese of Mobile, by Thomas J. Eaton, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume X, 1911, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition Copyright, by Kevin Knight, 1999. - "...Fort St. Louis de la Mobile" was founded by Iberville, the illustrious French-Canadian explorer (1702), at some distance from the present city of Mobile, the site of which was selected (1710) by Iberville's brother, Bienville. Mobile was formally erected into a parish (20 July, 1703), subject to the Seminary of Foreign Missions in Paris and Quebec.  The Rev. Henry Roulleaux de la Vente was the first parish priest (July, 1704), his curate, the Rev. Alexander Huvé. The first entry found in the records of the new parish is that of the baptism of an Apalache girl (6 September, 1703), by the Rev. A. Davion...."
    • Contact Information and Mass Times for Alabama Parishes (by town location). 

    • Cathedral (Minor Basilica) of the Immaculate Conception - Mobile, AL

   Dauphin at Claiborne Street - Mobile, AL 36602
   Phone: (251) 434-1565

Parish Listings for the Archdiocese of Mobile, beginning with the city of Mobile, Alabama [partial] are below.

   6300 McKenna Drive - Mobile, AL 36608  - Phone: (251) 342-1852

 -  1304 Garland Street - Mobile, AL 36618  - Phone: (251) 344-0271

    • Little Flower Parish  - 

  2053 Government Street - Mobile, AL 36606 - Phone: (251) 478-3381

    • Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish  -
      •  304 Sengstak Street - P.O. Box 994 - Mobile, AL 36601-0994
           Phone: (251) 432-3344
    • Our Lady of Lourdes Parish  -

   1621 Boykin Boulevard - Mobile, AL 36605  
   Phone: (251) 479-9885  -  E-mail: ladylourdes666@cs.com

    • Our Mother of Mercy Parish  - 

   805 East Street Plateau - P.O. Box 10306 - Mobile, AL 36610
   Phone: (251) 456-3551  -  E-mail: omomcm@juno.com

    • Our Savior Parish  - 

   1801 Cody Street - Mobile, AL 36695 - Phone: (251) 633-6762

    • Prince of Peace Parish  - 

   454 Charleston Street - Mobile, AL 36603 - Phone: (251) 432-2364

    • Saint Catherine of Siena Parish  - 

   2605 Springhill Avenue - Mobile, AL 36607 Phone: (251) 473-1415

   4156 Burma Road - Mobile, AL 36693
   Phone: (251) 661-5130  -  E-mail: wskoneki@aol.com

    • Saint Francis Xavier Parish  - 

   2034 St. Stephens Road - Mobile, AL 36617  - Phone: (251) 473-4975

    • Saint Ignatius Parish  - 

   3704 Springhill Avenue - Mobile, AL 36608  -  Phone: (251) 342-9221

    • Saint Joan of Arc Parish  - 

   1260 Elmira Street - Mobile, AL 36604 - Phone: (251) 432-3505

    • Saint Joseph Parish (Maysville)  - 

   1703 Dublin Street - Mobile, AL 36605  -  Phone: (251) 473-3761

    • Saint Joseph Parish  - 

   808 Springhill Avenue - Mobile, AL 36602 - Phone: (251) 432-4218

   1453 Old Shell Road - Mobile, AL 36604 -  Phone: (251) 432-8678
    Includes a Brief History of St. Mary's Parish

    • Saint Matthew Parish  - 

   906 Garrity Street - Mobile, AL 36605-4699  -  Phone: (251) 432-4784

    • St. Monica Parish  -

   1131 Dauphin Island Parkway - Mobile, AL 36605 - Phone: (251) 479-7360

    • St. Pius X Parish  - 

   217 South Sage Avenue - Mobile, AL 36606 -  Phone: (251) 471-2449

   5023 Camelot Drive - Mobile, AL 36619 - Phone: (251) 661-3908
   Includes St. Vincent's Parish History
 

    • Christ the King Parish - 

   508 Sanford Road - Andalusia, AL 36420-4124  Phone: (251) 342-9221

    • Saint Robert Bellarmine Parish  - 

   600 South Main Street - Atmore, AL 36502-2825  Phone: (251) 368-3615

   302 East Magnolia Avenue - Auburn, AL 36830   Phone: (334) 887-5540

    • Saint Agatha Parish  - 

   1001 Hand Avenue - Bay Minette, AL 36507  Phone: (251) 937-2026

   13790 South Wintzell - P.O. Box 365 - Bayou La Batre, AL 36509
   Phone: (251) 824-2415

    • Saint Philip Neri Parish  - 

   9101 Dauphin Island Parkway - ( Belle Fontaine ) Theodore, AL 36582
   Phone: (251) 973-2096

    • Our Lady of Bon Secour Parish  - 

   17263 County Road 49 South - P.O. Box 206 - Magnolia Springs, AL 36555
   (Bon Secour, AL)

    • Saint Maurice Parish  - 

   202 East Jackson Street - P.O. Box 206 - Brewton, AL 36427-0206
   Phone: (251) 867-5189

    • Saint John Parish  - 

   Bromly, AL 36507

    • Saint John the Evangelist Parish  - 

   401 East Pushmataha Street - P.O. Box 456 - Butler, AL 36904
   Phone: (205) 459-3129

    • Saint Joseph Parish  -

   300 Whiskey Run Road - Camden, AL 36726
   Mailing Address: P.O. Box 248 - Orville, AL 36767
   Phone: (251) 575-2644

    • Saint Peter the Apostle Parish  - 

   Chastang, AL
   Mailing Address: P.O. Box 130 - Mt. Vernon, AL 36560
   Phone: (251) 829-6263

    • Saint Paul Parish  - 

   Court Street - Chatom, AL 36518
   Phone: (205) 459-3129

    • Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish  - 

   251 North Craft Highway - P.O. Box 11061 - Chickasaw, AL 36611
   Phone: (251) 456-7931

    • Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish  - 

   309 State Street - P.O. Box 61 - Citronelle, AL 36522
   Phone: (251) 866-7505

    • Good Shepherd Parish  -

   Davis and River Streets - Dothan, AL 36319
   Mailing Address: c/o St. Columba - 2700 W. Main Street - Dothan, AL 36301
   Phone: (334) 793-5802

   715 College Avenue - P.O. Box 549 - Daphne, AL 36526
   Phone: (251) 626-2343

    • Shrine of the Holy Cross Parish  - 

   612 Main Street - P.O. Box 1497 - Daphne, AL 36526
   Phone: (251) 626-1447

    • Saint Edmund-by-the-Sea Parish  - 

   825 Cadillac Avenue - P.O. Box 6 - Dauphin Island, AL 36528
   Phone: (251) 861-2352

   2700 West Main Street - Dothan, AL 36301
   Phone: (334) 793-5802 -  E-mail: saintcolumba@comcast.net

    • Saint Bartholomew Parish  - 

   P.O. Drawer A - Elberta, AL 36530
   Phone: (251) 986-8142

    • Saint John Parish  - 

   123 Heath Street - P.O. Box 100 - Enterprise, AL 36331-0100
   Phone: (334) 347-6751

    • Holy Redeemer Parish  - 

   515 West Broad Street - Eufaula, AL 36027
   Phone: (334) 687-3716

  

      • Chancery:  P.O. Box 12047 - Birmingham, AL  35202.
        The Diocese of Birmingham encompasses the northern Alabama counties of Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman, Dekalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, St. Clair, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston.  Prior to 1969, this area was within the the Archdiocese of Mobile.
           The remaining southern Alabama counties are within the Archdiocese of Mobile.

Diocese of Birmingham Parish Directory
Diocese of Birmingham MAP

Interesting Facts (Brief History) of the Diocese of Birmingham

      • St. Paul Cathedral

    [est. ca. 1872]

        • 2120 Third Avenue - North Birmingham, AL  35203  Phone: (205) 251-1279.
        • Note:  St. Catherine of Siena Church, in Pratt City, was a mission of St. Paul's in 1880.
      • Our Lady of Lourdes Parish -

 

        • 980 Huffman Road - Birmingham, AL 35215.
      • Our Lady of Sorrows Parish - [est. 1889] 
        • 1728 Oxmoor Road - Birmingham, AL  35209
      • Saint Francis Xavier Parish -

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

        • 836 8th Street South - Birmingham, AL  35205  Phone: (205) 252-3867.     Email: Eliasbhm@aol.com
      • St. George the Great Martyr (Melkite Catholic)

 

        • 425 16th Avenue, South Birmingham, AL  35205  Phone: (205) 252-1085.
    • Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi [est. 19771 when the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson was split into the Diocese of Jackson and the Diocese of Biloxi]

   Offices:  1790 Popps Ferry Road, Biloxi, MS 39532
   Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1189 - Biloxi, MS  39533-1189  Phone: (228) 702-2111.
The Diocese of Biloxi encompasses the southeastern Mississippi counties of Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Stone, Walthall and Wayne.
The remaining Mississippi counties are all within the Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi.
The City of Biloxi is located in Harrison County.
Diocese of Biloxi Parish Directory Online.
Some parishes are listed below.
Gulf Pine Catholic - Diocesan News.
Resource Center

 
HARRISON County, Mississippi

      •  Catholic Church Of Christ-King (est. 1900)

      

       

      

        • 803 Division Street - Biloxi, MS  39530 Phone:   (228) 436-6503.
      • Sacred Heart Catholic Parish (est. before 1927)

 

        • 10446 Lemoyne Blvd. - Biloxi, MS  39532  Phone: (228) 392-4526.
      • St. John's Catholic Parish (est. 1922) 

     

        • 724 Bradford Street - Biloxi, MS  39530  Phone:  (228) 374-0117.
      • Church of the Vietnamese Martyrs (est. 2000)

    

        • 171 Oak St, Biloxi MS 69530  Phone:  (228) 435-5578
      • St. Louis Parish (est. 1957)

     425 Division Street - Biloxi, MS  39530  Phone:  (228) 432-7735.

      • St. Mary Parish (est. 1973)

      8343 Woolmarket Rd. - Biloxi, MS  39532  Phone: (228) 392-7500.

      • St. Michael Parish (est. 1917)

      177 1st Street  - Biloxi, MS  39530  Phone: (228) 435-5578.

      • Sacred Heart Catholic Church (est. 1967) - Dedeaux, MS
        • 14595 Vidalia Road, Pass Christian, MS 39571
        • Phone:  (228) 255-7453
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church - D'Iberville, MS
  • St. Stephen Catholic Church (est. 1974) - De Lisle, MS
    • 25220 St. Stephen Road, Pass Christian, MS 39571-8906
    • Phone:  (228) 255-1294
    • St. Ann Mission, Dubuisson community, is served from St. Stephen's.

   366 Cowan Rd. - Gulfport, MS  39507  Phone: (228) 896-6059.
   With parish history...From about 1855, the Catholics in the Handsboro and Mississippi City area were served, from Pass Christian, by Fr. Holten who built a church at Handsboro in 1858.  By 1868, St. Patrick's Church was built on the site which is presently St. James Cemetery, on Pass Road...

   12290 DePew Rd. - Gulfport, MS 39503  Phone: (228) 832-3244.

      • St. John the Evangelist Catholic Parish (est. 1900)

   2414 17th Street - Gulfport, MS 39501  Phone: (228) 864-2272.

      • St. Theresa of Lisieux Parish (est. 1934)

   3521 19th Street - Gulfport, MS  39501  Phone: (228) 863-0624.

      • Our Lady of Chartres Mission - Lizana, MS
      • St. Ann Catholic Church (est. 1939) - Lizana, MS
        • 23529 Hwy. 53, Gulfport, MS 39503  Phone:  (228) 832-2560
      • St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church (est. 1903)
        • 720 East Beach Blvd., Long Beach, MS 39560
        • Phone:  (228) 863-1610
      • Our Lady of Lourdes (est. 1973) - Pineville, MS
        • 22342 Evangeline Road, Pass Christian, MS 39571-0508
        • Mailing address:  P.O. Box 508, Pass Christian, MS 39571-0508
        • Phone:  (228) 452-7132 
      • Our Mother of Mercy Church (est. 1911) 
        • 222 E. Railroad Ave., Pass Christian, MS 39571
        • Phone:   (228) 452-4514
      • St. Paul Catholic Church (est. 1847)
        • 140 East Beach Blvd., Pass Christian, MS 39571-0548
        • Mailing address:  P.O. Box 548, Pass Christian, MS 39571-0548
        • Phone:  (228) 452-4686

COVINGTON County, Mississippi


FOREST County, Mississippi

      • Sacred Heart Catholic Church (est. 1890) - Forest County, MS
        • 3 Walnut St., RO. Box 1027, Hattiesburg, MS 39403-1027   
        • Phone: (601) 583-8683
      • Holy Rosary Parish (est. 1949) - Hattiesburg, Forest County, MS
             900 Dabbs St., Hattiesburg, MS 39401-5111   Phone:  (601) 584-6528

GEORGE County, Mississippi

  • St. Lucy Mission - Lucedale, MS

GREENE County, Mississippi

  • Holy Trinity Mission
    • 911 Jackson Ave., P.O. Box 896, Leakesville, MS  39451
    • A mission of St. Bernadette Church, Waynesboro, MS

HANCOCK County, Mississippi

  • Annunciation Catholic Church (est. 1869) - Kiln, MS
    • P.O. Box 97, Kiln-Delisle Rd., Kiln, MS 39556-0097
  • St. Ann Catholic Church (est. 1915) - Clermont Harbor, MS
    • Lower Bay Rd., P.O. Box 1037, Lakeshore, MS 39558-1037
    • Phone:  (228) 467-4746
  • St. John Mission (est. 1912) - Lakeshore Rd.
    • Served as a mission from St. Ann's, Clermont Harbor, MS.
    • Lower Bay Rd., P.O. Box 1037, Lakeshore, MS 39558-1037
    • Phone:  (228) 467-4746
  • St. Joseph Catholic Church (est. 1939)
    • P.O. Box 39, Hwy. 604, Pearlington, MS 39572-0039
    • Phone:  (228) 533-7968
  • St. Clare Catholic Church (est. 1919)
    • P.O. Box 500, 236 South Beach Blvd., Waveland, MS 39576-0500
    • Phone:  (228) 467-9275
  • St. Matthew the Apostle Church (est. 1982)
    • 27074 St. Matthew Church Rd., White Cypress, MS
    • Mailing address:  P.O. Box 919, Kiln, MS 39556-0919 
    • Phone:  (228) 255-7720

JACKSON County, Mississippi

  • St. Mary Parish - Gautier, MS
    • 809 De La Pointe Drive - Gautier, MS  39553  
    • Phone:  (228) 497-2364, Activity Center:  (228) 497-4269
  • Christ the King Mission (est. 1981) - Latimer, MS
    • 10601 Daisy Vestry Rd., Ocean Springs, MS 39564
    • Served from Holy Spirit Church, Vancleave, MS
  • St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church (est. 1950)
    • Martin Luther King Drive & First Street, Moss Point, MS 
    • Mailing address:  P.O. Box 8549, Moss Point, MS 39562-8549
    • Phone:  (228) 475-0777
  • St. Elizabeth Ann Seton - Ocean Springs, MS
  • St. Alphonsus Parish (est. 1871)

   502 Jackson Ave. - Ocean Springs, MS 39564 
   Phone:  (228) 875-5419

  • Our Lady of Victories  (est. 1855) 
    • 510 Convent St., P.O. Box 368, Pascagouta, MS 39568-0368
    • Phone:  (228) 762-1653
  • Sacred Heart Church  (est. 1963) 
    • 3702 Quinn Dr., P0. Box 2190, Pascagoula, MS 39569-2190
    • Phone:  (228) 762-1837
    • 1715 Telephone Rd., Pascagoula, MS
    • Mailing address:  P.O. Box 876, Pascagoula, MS 39568-0876
  • Holy Spirit Catholic Church  (est. 1980) 
    • 4901 Jim Ramsey Rd., P.O. Box 5032, Vancleave, MS 39565
    • Phone:  (228) 826-4256
    • Also serves the Christ the King Mission, Latimer, MS

JEFFERSON DAVIS County, Mississippi

  • St. Peter Catholic Church (est. 1914)
    • P.O. Box 10, Hwy. 42, Bassfield, MS 39421-0010  
    • Phone:  (601) 943-8688
  • St. Mary Mission - Prentiss, MS

JONES County, Mississippi

      • Immaculate Heart Parish (est. 1887) - Laurel, Jones County, MS
           833 West Sixth Street, Laurel, MS 39440-3436  Phone: (601) 426-3473

LAMAR County, Mississippi

  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church (est. 1914)
    • 379 W. Seneca Rd., Lumberton, MS 39455-9519 
    • Phone:  (601) 796-3051

LAWRENCE County, Mississippi

  • St. Lawrence Mission (est. 2000)
    • 831 F.E. Sellers Hwy, P.O. Box 16, Monticello, MS 39654
    • Phone:  601) 587-8017

MARION County, Mississippi

  • Holy Trinity Catholic Church (est. 1959)
    • 1429 North Park Ave., Columbia, MS 39429-9803
    • Phone:  (601) 736-3136


PEARL RIVER County, Mississippi

    • 1000 Goodyear Blvd. - Picayune, MS  39466
    • Phone:  (601) 798-4779
    • Parish HISTORY - "...There were very few Catholics in the Picayune area in the early part of the 1900's.  A Benedictine priest from Covington, Louisiana, used to come periodically to offer Mass..."
  • St. Joseph Catholic Church (est. 1964)
    • P.O. Box 202, Highway 115, Poplarville, MS 39455
    • Phone:  (601) 795-4471

PERRY County, Mississippi

STONE County, Mississippi

  • St. Francis Xavier - Wiggins, MS
    • 1200 Highway 26 - Wiggins, MS  39577  
    • Phone:  (601) 928-9756

WALTHALL County, Mississippi

  • St. Paul the Apostle Mission 
    • 27 N., P.O. Box 646, Tylertown, MS 39667
    • Phone:  (601) 876-6422

WAYNE County, Mississippi

  • St. Bernadette Church (est. 1977)
    • 401 Mississippi Dr., Waynesboro, MS 39367 
    • Phone:  (601) 735-9420
    • The Holy Trinity Mission, at Leakesville, Greene County, is served by the pastor of St. Bernadette Church.

 

   Chancery:  237 E. Amite St. - P.O. Box 2248 - Jackson, MS  39225
      Phone: (601) 969-1880
   The Diocese of Jackson encompasses most of the state of Mississippi including the counties of Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Clay, Coahoma, Copiah, De Soto, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamb, Jasper, Jefferson, KempFranklin, er, Lafayette, Lauderdale, Leake, Lee, Le Flore, Lincoln, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pike, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Warren, Webster, Wilkinson, Winston and Yalobusha.
The remaining southeastern Mississippi counties are within the Diocese of Biloxi.

   123 North West Street - P.O. Box 57 - Jackson, MS 39205-0057

   320 College Blvd. - Grenada, MS 38901
Parish HISTORY from 1874 when it was part of Water Valley Missionary District.


For Byzantine Catholic Churches of Alabama and Mississippi:
 

  • The Apostolic Exarchate Armenian-Rite for the U.S. & Canada  in New York  (Venerable Exarch.: Hovhannes Terzakian, 1995)

Address: 110 East, 12th Street - New York, NY 10003 U.S.A.  Ph: (212) 477-2030
 

   P.O. Box 8366 - Union City, NJ 07087-8262
 

 Address: 25603 Berg Road -  Southfield, MI 48034
 Phone: (248) 351-0440 or (248) 351-0441
 

   Address: 66 Riverview Ave. - Pittsburgh, PA  15214
Unofficial Site with parish directory (AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, OH, OK, west PA, TX, WV)

History of Byzantine-Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church)

History from

 Address: P.O. Box 360 - 294 Howard Ave. - Staten Island, NY 10301-0360
Parish Directory


    836 8th Street South - Birmingham, AL  35205  Phone: (205) 252-3867.
   Email: Eliasbhm@aol.com

   Address: P.O.box 16397 - Beverly Hills, CA  90209
   Chancery:  331 So. San Vicente Blvd. -Los Angeles, CA 90048  
    Phone:  (310) 247-8322
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Eparchial Map & Protopresbyteral Regions

 

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Historical Research of Catholic Churches & Ancestors
Alabama and Mississippi

  • Midwestern Conquest Trails -Alabama by Donald E. Sheppard
  • 1911 History of the Archdiocese of Mobile, by Thomas J. Eaton, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume X, 1911, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition Copyright, by Kevin Knight, 1999.
  • 1908 History of Alabama, by Thomas M. Owen, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume I, 1907, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition Copyright, by Kevin Knight, 1999. - "...Until 1722 the parish of Mobile was a part of the Diocese of Qubec. In this year, with the subdivision of the southern country for administrative purposes by Law's Company, there was a parcelling out, or assignment, of the divisions to the different orders of the Church. The Illinois country went to the Jesuits; New Orleans and west of the Mississippi to the Capuchins, and the Mobile district to the Barefoot Carmelites. In a very short time a change was made, and Mobile was given over to the Capuchins. During Spanish occupation Mobile was in the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba. Later the northern part of the territory now embraced in the State was under the Archbishop of Baltimore [Maryland], while the southern was under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Louisiana and Florida. In 1825 the Vicariate-Apostolic of Alabama and Florida was created, and the Reverend  Michael Portier was appointed bishop. He was consecrated 5 November, 1826. On 15 May, 1829, the Diocese of Mobile was created, embracing in its bounds West Florida and all of Alabama..."
  • Holy Angels Church: An African American Catholic Community, in Chicago, Illinois, has a wonderful collection of information and links concerning Black Catholics in history throughout the U.S. and Worldwide!
  • 1908 History of Mississippi, by Frank Johnston, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume X, 1908, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition Copyright, by Kevin Knight, 1999. - ...In 1908, The Diocese of Natchez [est. 1837] included the entire state of Mississippi...


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Catholic Biographies

If you know of a web site for a biography of a Catholic with an Alabama or Mississippi connection, please let me know.


     Most Rev Moses B. Anderson, S.S.E.: Born in Selma, Alabama.
 


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Alabama and Mississippi History & Genealogy
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References used include:

  • 11990 Catholic Almanac.  Felician A. Foy, O.F. M. (Editor), Rose M. Avato (Associate Editor).  Huntington: Our Sunday Visitory Publishing Division, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc.
  • 2New Advent, Inc.  From the Catholic Encyclopedia, copyright © 1913 by the Encyclopedia Press, Inc. Electronic version copyright © 1997 by New Advent, Inc.  (A Catholic Web Site transcribing The Catholic Encyclopedia: an International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline and History of the Catholic Church.  Herbermann, Pace, et al. (Editors). Imprint:  Appleton (New York) 1907-1912.) Volunteer to help?
  • Information learned from the web sites for the Archdioceses, Dioceses, and Catholic Church. 


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·  Archdiocese of Mobile  (Alabama)  [est. 1829, Archdiocese 19801]
   Diocese of Birmingham  (Alabama)  [est. 19691]
   Diocese of Biloxi  (Mississippi)  [est. 19771]
   Diocese of Jackson  (Mississippi)  [est. at Natchez, 18371]