Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville
Archdiocese of Louisville Archidiœcesis Ludovicopolitana | |
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Cathedral of the Assumption | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Central Kentucky |
| Ecclesiastical province | Louisville |
| Statistics | |
Population
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| Parishes | 110 |
| Schools | 46 K-12 Schools 3 Colleges/Universities |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | April 8, 1808 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption |
| Patron saint | Saint Joseph |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Shelton Fabre |
| Bishops emeritus | Joseph Edward Kurtz |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| archlou.org | |
The Archdiocese of Louisville (Latin: Archidiœcesis Ludovicopolitanais) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in central Kentucky in the United States. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, Kentucky. The archdiocese is the seat of the metropolitan see of the province of Louisville, which encompasses the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. The archdiocese is the second-oldest diocese west of the Appalachian Mountains, after the Archdiocese of New Orleans. As of 2023, the archbishop of Louisville is Shelton Fabre.