The Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro is a Roman Catholic diocese

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 in Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

. It was founded on December 9, 1937. It is currently a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Louisville. The bishop, Father William Medley, was the pastor of Saint Bernadette Parish of the Archdiocese of Louisville prior to his ordination which took place February 10, 2010.

Its cathedral in Owensboro

Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro is the fourth largest city by population in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the county seat of Daviess County. It is located on U.S. Route 60 about southeast of Evansville, Indiana, and is the principal city of the Owensboro, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's...

 is named after St. Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian church.

The past bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

s of the diocese are:

• Francis Ridgley Cotton
  Francis Ridgley Cotton
  Francis Ridgley Cotton was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Owensboro .-Biography:...
  
   (1937–1960)
• Henry Joseph Soenneker
  Henry Joseph Soenneker
  Henry Joseph Soenneker was an American Roman Catholic bishop.Henry Soenneker was born in Melrose, Minnesota, to Henry and Mary Soenneker. He studied at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1930. He was ordained to the priesthood...
  
   (1961–1982)
• John Jeremiah McRaith
  John Jeremiah McRaith
  John Jeremiah McRaith is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Owensboro from 1982 to 2009.-Biography:...
  
   (1982–2009)
• William Medley
  William Medley
  William Francis Medley is an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. A former priest of the Archdiocese of Louisville, he is the current Bishop of the Diocese of Owensboro.-Biography:...
  
   (2009-)

High schools

• Owensboro Catholic High School
  Owensboro Catholic High School
  Owensboro Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Owensboro, Kentucky. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro.-Background:Owensboro Catholic was established in 1951, replacing the closing St. Frances Academy....
  
  , Owensboro
• St. Mary High School
  St. Mary High School (Paducah, Kentucky)
  St. Mary High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Paducah, Kentucky. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro, and is part of the St. Mary School System, which also includes elementary and middle schools.-Background:...
  
  , Paducah
• Trinity High School
  Trinity High School (Whitesville, Kentucky)
  Trinity High School is a private, coeducational, Roman Catholic high school in Whitesville, Kentucky. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro....
  
  , Whitesville

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro Home Page