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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis

October 19, 2023

The Archdiocese of St. Louis (Latin: Archidiœcesis Sancti Ludovici) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church that covers the City of St. Louis and the Missouri counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Perry, Saint Charles, Saint Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Warren, and Washington. It is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province containing three suffragan sees: Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, the Diocese of Jefferson City, and the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph.

Archdiocese of Saint Louis

Archidiœcesis Sancti Ludovici
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis
Coat of arms
Location
Country United States
TerritorySt. Louis City and ten counties in eastern Missouri
Ecclesiastical provinceSt. Louis
Statistics
Area5,968 sq mi (15,460 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2017)
2,255,800
514,178 (22.8%)
Parishes178
Schools112
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedJuly 18, 1826 (197 years ago)
CathedralCathedral Basilica of St. Louis
Patron saintSaint Louis IX(Primary)
Saint Vincent DePaul
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne(Secondary)[1]
Secular priests301
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopMitchell T. Rozanski
Auxiliary BishopsMark Steven Rivituso
Bishops emeritusRaymond Leo Burke
Robert Joseph Hermann
Robert James Carlson
Map
Website
archstl.org

It is led by Archbishop, Mitchell Thomas Rozanski, formerly the Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts.

The archdiocesan cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. The original cathedral and mother church is the Basilica of St. Louis, King of France.

History Edit

Early history Edit

The first parish of Saint Louis was established in 1770 by French settlers to the region. The parish was then part of the Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana, based in Havana, Cuba. It was later incorporated into the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas when it was erected on April 25, 1793, which originally encompassed the entire Louisiana Purchase as well as the Florida peninsula and the Gulf Coast. The oldest parish in the diocese is St. Genevieve parish founded in 1759 in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri[2]

Pope Pius VI erected the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas encompassing the pioneer parishes of St Louis, New Orleans, and Louisiana and both Florida colonies on April 25, 1793, taking its territory from the Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana, based in Havana, Cuba. The diocese originally encompassed the entire territory of the Louisiana Purchase, from the Gulf of Mexico to British North America, as well as the Florida peninsula and the Gulf Coast.[3] This date of erection makes the present Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Louis and the Archdiocese of New Orleans the second oldest Catholic dioceses in the present United States after the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, which the same pope had erected as the Diocese of Baltimore on November 6, 1789. The new diocese encompassed the area under the Spanish crown as Luisiana, which was all the land draining into the Mississippi River from the west, as well as Spanish territory to the east of the river in modern-day Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

In April 1803, the United States purchased Louisiana from France, which had in 1800 forced Spain to retrocede the territory in the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso. The United States took formal possession of St Louis, then part of Upper Louisiana, on March 10, 1804. John Carroll, the Bishop of Baltimore, served as apostolic administrator of the diocese from 1805 to 1812.

The area's first bishop was Louis William Valentine Dubourg, who on September 24, 1815, was appointed Bishop of Louisiana and the [East and West] Two Floridas by Pope Pius VII. He was the Bishop of the Louisiana Territory from 1815 to 1826.[2] DuBourg chose to set up his episcopal see in St. Louis. In 1823, Pope Pius VII appointed Joseph Rosati to the office of coadjutor bishop of the diocese.

On August 19, 1825, Pope Leo XII erected the Apostolic Vicariate of Alabama and the Floridas, taking its territory from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas. Although the two Florida territories were no longer part of the diocese, he did not change its title. But soon after, Bishop Rosati abruptly resigned the office of coadjutor bishop during a trip to Rome after which the Vatican decided to split the diocese again, making St. Louis a separate see. On July 18, 1826, the same pope

  • Erected the Diocese of St. Louis, taking its territory from the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas and the Diocese of Durango,
  • Erected the Apostolic Vicariate of Mississippi, taking its territory from the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas,
  • Erected the Diocese of New Orleans, taking its territory from the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas, and
  • Appointed Bishop Rosati as apostolic administrator of both the Diocese of New Orleans and the Diocese of St. Louis.

Diocese Edit

After Bishop Dubourg's resignation and transfer to lead the diocese of Montauban, France, the diocese of Louisiana was split, giving New Orleans a bishop again, and the Diocese of St. Louis was erected on July 18, 1826, by Pope Leo XII. When founded, it included the state of Missouri, the western half of Illinois, and all American territory west of the Mississippi River and north of the state of Louisiana. It was the largest American diocese, equaling in extent all of the other nine dioceses.

Its first bishop, Joseph Rosati, led the Catholic Church's expansion of its presence in these areas, and built its first cathedral, now known as the Basilica of St. Louis, King of France. He was the Bishop of St. Louis from 1826 to 1843.[2]

On July 28, 1837, territory in Iowa, Minnesota, and the Dakotas was taken from the Diocese to form the Diocese of Dubuque, Iowa.

Until 1840, the "Old Cathedral" was the only church in the city. By 1850, there were 10: Cathedral of St. Louis, St. Mary of Victories, St. Francis Xavier, St. Patrick, St. Joseph, St. Vincent de Paul, St. John the Apostle, Sts. Peter and Paul, Holy Trinity, and St. Michael.[2]

Archdiocese Edit

The St. Louis Diocese was elevated to an Archdiocese on July 20, 1847, by Pope Pius IX.

Because of its strong Catholic identity and having been the mother diocese of many dioceses in the midwest, the archdiocese was often referred to as the Rome of the West. It is dedicated to Saint Louis IX and has as its copatrons Saints Vincent de Paul and Rose Philippine Duchesne. St. Louis IX, the patron of the archdiocese, represents the ideal Christian knight- a fervent layman, a man of honor and a leader unafraid of exhibiting his ardent spirituality. In 1833 a French laymen answered what the Second Vatican Council calls the universal call to holiness of all Christians. Blessed Frederic Ozanam founded the St. Vincent de Paul Society to serve the poor. The first chapter of the society in the United States was started in St. Louis in 1845, led by Judge Bryan Mullanphy, who later became mayor of the city of St. Louis. Mother Rose Philippine Duchesne and the Religious of the Sacred Heart opened the first school for girls west of the Mississippi, in St. Charles in 1818.

The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis contains the largest collection of mosaics in the world and is one of St. Louis' most impressive architectural treasures. The Cathedral of St. Louis was dedicated in 1926 on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of St. Louis as a diocese. An imposing structure – solid, permanent, huge – the building's richly colored interior mosaics are a visual prayer. Built under the direction of Archbishop John Glennon – the last Irish-born Bishop of St. Louis – and completed under the leadership of Archbishop John May, every impressive inch of the cathedral is used to tell the story of salvation and the history of the Catholic faith lived in St. Louis. Work on the cathedral mosaics would not be completed for 60 years. The Cathedral of St. Louis was designated a "Basilica" in 1997 on the 150th anniversary of the archdiocese.[2]

St. Louis Preparatory Seminary in the countryside which is now the St. Louis suburb of Shrewsbury was completed in 1931. Later it became Cardinal Glennon College. Today it is the archdiocesan seminary Kenrick-Glennon Seminary.

In January 1999, the archdiocese was host to a two-day visit from Pope John Paul II, the first time a pope had visited the city. It was not John Paul's first visit, since 30 years earlier, he had paid a visit when he was Cardinal Wojtyła, Archbishop of Kraków.

Closing of Parishes Edit

Facing a shortage of priests and decreased Mass attendance, the Archdiocese of St. Louis announced in May 2023 it was closing 44 parishes in a reorganization. In making the announcement, Archbishop Rozanski said "The church experience in our parishes today is not the same as it was 50 years ago, yet we are still functioning in many ways out of the same mode of evangelization with the same structures. We have inherited a great treasure of Catholic institutions from previous generations, but many of them are no longer as effective or sustainable as they once were.”

Under the plan, thirty-five parishes will be taken over, or subsumed, by neighboring ones and fifteen will merge with others to create five new parishes by 2026.[4]

Sexual Abuse of Children Edit

In 2004, the Archdiocese paid $1.7 million to settle claims that it could have intervened to prevent the abuse of children, but failed to do so.[5]

In 2018, then-Archbishop Robert Carlson testified that he was unsure whether he knew in the 1980s that sexual assault of a minor was a crime, and was unable to say when he came to believe that sexual abuse of a minor was a crime.[6]

In July 2019, the Archdiocese of St. Louis released the names of 64 clergy who were "credibly accused" of committing acts of sexual abuse while serving in the Archdiocese.[7][8]

On August 16, 2019, "sexually violent priest" Frederick Lenczycki, who had previously served prison time in Illinois between 2004 and 2009 for acts of sexual abuse,[9] was sentenced to 10 years in prison 2+1⁄2 months after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a boy in St. Louis County.[7]

In June 2023, the Archdiocese agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit by a man who alleged he was abused when an altar boy from 4th through 6th grade.[5]

Cancellation of free lunch program for schoolchildren Edit

In April 2022, the Archdiocese directed local Catholic schools to cease participation in free lunch programs, which journalists cautioned could potentially result in thousands of schoolchildren going without free daily lunches. The Archdiocese reportedly advised its schools that if they offered free lunches, they would have to adhere to the Civil Rights Act, which it described as "problematic."[10][11]

Before its withdrawal of the federal program went into effect, the archdiocese allegedly claimed that it would provide its own free lunch program.[12]

Bishops Edit

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of St. Louis, and coadjutors and auxiliary bishops of St. Louis; and their years of service.

Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas Edit

  1. Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg (1812–1826), appointed Bishop of Montauban and later Archbishop of Besançon

Bishops of St. Louis Edit

  1. Joseph Rosati, C.M. (1827–1843)
    - John Timon (Appointed Coadjutor Bishop in 1839, but did not take effect); appointed Prefect Apostolic of the Republic of Texas in 1840 and later Bishop of Buffalo
  2. Peter Richard Kenrick (1843–1847); Elevated to Archbishop

Archbishops of St. Louis Edit

  1. Peter Richard Kenrick (1847–1895)
  2. John Joseph Kain (1895–1903)
  3. Cardinal John J. Glennon (1903–1946)
  4. Cardinal Joseph Ritter (1946–1967)
  5. Cardinal John Joseph Carberry (1968–1979)
  6. John L. May (1980–1992)
  7. Justin Francis Rigali (1994–2003), appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia (Cardinal in 2003)
  8. Raymond Leo Burke (2004–2008), appointed Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura and later Patron of the Order of Malta (Cardinal in 2010)
  9. Robert James Carlson (2009–2020)
  10. Mitchell T. Rozanski (2020–present)

Auxiliary Bishops Edit

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Edit

Churches Edit

Main article: List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis

Education Edit

The Archdiocese of St. Louis contains 97 primary schools and 25 high schools, with a total enrollment as of 2023 of 30,741.[13]

High schools Edit

Coeducational schools Edit

All boys schools Edit

All girls schools Edit

Closed schools Edit

Cemeteries Edit

The Archdiocese Office of Catholic Cemeteries operates 17 cemeteries in the region, including:[17]

  • Ascension
  • Calvary
  • Glencoe
  • Holy Cross
  • Mt. Olive
  • Our Lady
  • Queen of Peace
  • Resurrection
  • Sacred Heart
  • St. Charles Borromeo
  • St. Ferdinand
  • St. Mary's
  • St. Monica
  • St. Peter
  • Sts. Peter & Paul
  • St. Philippine
  • St. Vincent

Suffragan sees Edit

 
Ecclesiastical Province of St. Louis

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ "St. Rose Philippine Duchesne arrives at St. Louis Walk of Fame".
  2. ^ a b c d e [Dolan, Timothy Michael. Archdiocese of St. Louis: Three Centuries of Catholicism, 1700-2000. Strasbourg, France: Editions Du Signe, 2001. Print.]
  3. ^ Points, Marie Louise. "New Orleans." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. November 19, 2017
  4. ^ "Reorganization will cut Catholic Parishes in St. Louis". St. Louis Public Radio. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  5. ^ a b "St Louis Catholic archdiocese to pay $1m to settle sexual abuse lawsuit". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2023-06-09. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  6. ^ "St. Louis Archbishop Didn't Know Sex With Children Was a Crime". NBC News. 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  7. ^ a b "St. Louis Archdiocese names 64 priests credibly accused of sexually abusing children or possessing child porn | Metro | stltoday.com".
  8. ^ "List Release | Promise To Protect | Archdiocese of St Louis". www.archstl.org. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  9. ^ "Judge denies lower bond for former Hinsdale priest". 22 April 2019.
  10. ^ Messenger, Tony (2022-08-30). "Messenger: St. Louis Archdiocese tells Catholic schools to drop free lunch program". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  11. ^ "St. Louis Catholic schools directed to exit Nat'l School Lunch Program". Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture. 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  12. ^ "St. Louis archdiocese: Students won't lose their lunch over federal program decision". The Pillar. 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  13. ^ "Home | Archdiocese of St. Louis Catholic Schools". archstlschools.org. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  14. ^ a b c "Schools | Archdiocese of St. Louis Catholic Schools". archstlschools.org. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  15. ^ "Barat Academy". Barat Academy. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  16. ^ "Agencies | Archdiocese of St Louis". www.archstl.org. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  17. ^ Archdiocese of St. Louis: Cemeteries

External links Edit

  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Official Site
  • Archives section
  • Story of John Paul II's 1999 visit
  • St. Louis Review, the weekly newspaper of the archdiocese
  • Rome of the West, features photography of churches in the Archdiocese
  • Eastern rites in the Archdiocese:
    • Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon (Maronite) 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine

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The Archdiocese of St Louis Latin Archidiœcesis Sancti Ludovici is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church that covers the City of St Louis and the Missouri counties of Franklin Jefferson Lincoln Perry Saint Charles Saint Francois Ste Genevieve St Louis Warren and Washington It is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province containing three suffragan sees Diocese of Springfield Cape Girardeau the Diocese of Jefferson City and the Diocese of Kansas City Saint Joseph Archdiocese of Saint LouisArchidiœcesis Sancti LudoviciCathedral Basilica of Saint LouisCoat of armsLocationCountry United StatesTerritorySt Louis City and ten counties in eastern MissouriEcclesiastical provinceSt LouisStatisticsArea5 968 sq mi 15 460 km2 Population Total Catholics as of 2017 2 255 800514 178 22 8 Parishes178Schools112InformationDenominationCatholicSui iuris churchLatin ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablishedJuly 18 1826 197 years ago CathedralCathedral Basilica of St LouisPatron saintSaint Louis IX Primary Saint Vincent DePaulSaint Rose Philippine Duchesne Secondary 1 Secular priests301Current leadershipPopeFrancisArchbishopMitchell T RozanskiAuxiliary BishopsMark Steven RivitusoBishops emeritusRaymond Leo BurkeRobert Joseph HermannRobert James CarlsonMapWebsitearchstl orgIt is led by Archbishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski formerly the Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts The archdiocesan cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St Louis The original cathedral and mother church is the Basilica of St Louis King of France Contents 1 History 1 1 Early history 1 2 Diocese 1 3 Archdiocese 1 4 Closing of Parishes 1 5 Sexual Abuse of Children 1 6 Cancellation of free lunch program for schoolchildren 2 Bishops 2 1 Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas 2 2 Bishops of St Louis 2 3 Archbishops of St Louis 2 4 Auxiliary Bishops 2 5 Other priests of this diocese who became bishops 3 Churches 4 Education 4 1 High schools 4 1 1 Coeducational schools 4 1 2 All boys schools 4 1 3 All girls schools 4 1 3 1 Closed schools 5 Cemeteries 6 Suffragan sees 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditEarly history Edit The first parish of Saint Louis was established in 1770 by French settlers to the region The parish was then part of the Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana based in Havana Cuba It was later incorporated into the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas when it was erected on April 25 1793 which originally encompassed the entire Louisiana Purchase as well as the Florida peninsula and the Gulf Coast The oldest parish in the diocese is St Genevieve parish founded in 1759 in Ste Genevieve Missouri 2 Pope Pius VI erected the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas encompassing the pioneer parishes of St Louis New Orleans and Louisiana and both Florida colonies on April 25 1793 taking its territory from the Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana based in Havana Cuba The diocese originally encompassed the entire territory of the Louisiana Purchase from the Gulf of Mexico to British North America as well as the Florida peninsula and the Gulf Coast 3 This date of erection makes the present Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Louis and the Archdiocese of New Orleans the second oldest Catholic dioceses in the present United States after the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore which the same pope had erected as the Diocese of Baltimore on November 6 1789 The new diocese encompassed the area under the Spanish crown as Luisiana which was all the land draining into the Mississippi River from the west as well as Spanish territory to the east of the river in modern day Mississippi Alabama and Florida In April 1803 the United States purchased Louisiana from France which had in 1800 forced Spain to retrocede the territory in the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso The United States took formal possession of St Louis then part of Upper Louisiana on March 10 1804 John Carroll the Bishop of Baltimore served as apostolic administrator of the diocese from 1805 to 1812 The area s first bishop was Louis William Valentine Dubourg who on September 24 1815 was appointed Bishop of Louisiana and the East and West Two Floridas by Pope Pius VII He was the Bishop of the Louisiana Territory from 1815 to 1826 2 DuBourg chose to set up his episcopal see in St Louis In 1823 Pope Pius VII appointed Joseph Rosati to the office of coadjutor bishop of the diocese On August 19 1825 Pope Leo XII erected the Apostolic Vicariate of Alabama and the Floridas taking its territory from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas Although the two Florida territories were no longer part of the diocese he did not change its title But soon after Bishop Rosati abruptly resigned the office of coadjutor bishop during a trip to Rome after which the Vatican decided to split the diocese again making St Louis a separate see On July 18 1826 the same pope Erected the Diocese of St Louis taking its territory from the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas and the Diocese of Durango Erected the Apostolic Vicariate of Mississippi taking its territory from the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas Erected the Diocese of New Orleans taking its territory from the Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas and Appointed Bishop Rosati as apostolic administrator of both the Diocese of New Orleans and the Diocese of St Louis Diocese Edit After Bishop Dubourg s resignation and transfer to lead the diocese of Montauban France the diocese of Louisiana was split giving New Orleans a bishop again and the Diocese of St Louis was erected on July 18 1826 by Pope Leo XII When founded it included the state of Missouri the western half of Illinois and all American territory west of the Mississippi River and north of the state of Louisiana It was the largest American diocese equaling in extent all of the other nine dioceses Its first bishop Joseph Rosati led the Catholic Church s expansion of its presence in these areas and built its first cathedral now known as the Basilica of St Louis King of France He was the Bishop of St Louis from 1826 to 1843 2 On July 28 1837 territory in Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas was taken from the Diocese to form the Diocese of Dubuque Iowa Until 1840 the Old Cathedral was the only church in the city By 1850 there were 10 Cathedral of St Louis St Mary of Victories St Francis Xavier St Patrick St Joseph St Vincent de Paul St John the Apostle Sts Peter and Paul Holy Trinity and St Michael 2 Archdiocese Edit The St Louis Diocese was elevated to an Archdiocese on July 20 1847 by Pope Pius IX Because of its strong Catholic identity and having been the mother diocese of many dioceses in the midwest the archdiocese was often referred to as the Rome of the West It is dedicated to Saint Louis IX and has as its copatrons Saints Vincent de Paul and Rose Philippine Duchesne St Louis IX the patron of the archdiocese represents the ideal Christian knight a fervent layman a man of honor and a leader unafraid of exhibiting his ardent spirituality In 1833 a French laymen answered what the Second Vatican Council calls the universal call to holiness of all Christians Blessed Frederic Ozanam founded the St Vincent de Paul Society to serve the poor The first chapter of the society in the United States was started in St Louis in 1845 led by Judge Bryan Mullanphy who later became mayor of the city of St Louis Mother Rose Philippine Duchesne and the Religious of the Sacred Heart opened the first school for girls west of the Mississippi in St Charles in 1818 The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis contains the largest collection of mosaics in the world and is one of St Louis most impressive architectural treasures The Cathedral of St Louis was dedicated in 1926 on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of St Louis as a diocese An imposing structure solid permanent huge the building s richly colored interior mosaics are a visual prayer Built under the direction of Archbishop John Glennon the last Irish born Bishop of St Louis and completed under the leadership of Archbishop John May every impressive inch of the cathedral is used to tell the story of salvation and the history of the Catholic faith lived in St Louis Work on the cathedral mosaics would not be completed for 60 years The Cathedral of St Louis was designated a Basilica in 1997 on the 150th anniversary of the archdiocese 2 St Louis Preparatory Seminary in the countryside which is now the St Louis suburb of Shrewsbury was completed in 1931 Later it became Cardinal Glennon College Today it is the archdiocesan seminary Kenrick Glennon Seminary In January 1999 the archdiocese was host to a two day visit from Pope John Paul II the first time a pope had visited the city It was not John Paul s first visit since 30 years earlier he had paid a visit when he was Cardinal Wojtyla Archbishop of Krakow Closing of Parishes Edit Facing a shortage of priests and decreased Mass attendance the Archdiocese of St Louis announced in May 2023 it was closing 44 parishes in a reorganization In making the announcement Archbishop Rozanski said The church experience in our parishes today is not the same as it was 50 years ago yet we are still functioning in many ways out of the same mode of evangelization with the same structures We have inherited a great treasure of Catholic institutions from previous generations but many of them are no longer as effective or sustainable as they once were Under the plan thirty five parishes will be taken over or subsumed by neighboring ones and fifteen will merge with others to create five new parishes by 2026 4 Sexual Abuse of Children Edit In 2004 the Archdiocese paid 1 7 million to settle claims that it could have intervened to prevent the abuse of children but failed to do so 5 In 2018 then Archbishop Robert Carlson testified that he was unsure whether he knew in the 1980s that sexual assault of a minor was a crime and was unable to say when he came to believe that sexual abuse of a minor was a crime 6 In July 2019 the Archdiocese of St Louis released the names of 64 clergy who were credibly accused of committing acts of sexual abuse while serving in the Archdiocese 7 8 On August 16 2019 sexually violent priest Frederick Lenczycki who had previously served prison time in Illinois between 2004 and 2009 for acts of sexual abuse 9 was sentenced to 10 years in prison 2 1 2 months after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a boy in St Louis County 7 In June 2023 the Archdiocese agreed to pay 1 million to settle a lawsuit by a man who alleged he was abused when an altar boy from 4th through 6th grade 5 Cancellation of free lunch program for schoolchildren Edit In April 2022 the Archdiocese directed local Catholic schools to cease participation in free lunch programs which journalists cautioned could potentially result in thousands of schoolchildren going without free daily lunches The Archdiocese reportedly advised its schools that if they offered free lunches they would have to adhere to the Civil Rights Act which it described as problematic 10 11 Before its withdrawal of the federal program went into effect the archdiocese allegedly claimed that it would provide its own free lunch program 12 Bishops EditThe following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of St Louis and coadjutors and auxiliary bishops of St Louis and their years of service Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas Edit Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg 1812 1826 appointed Bishop of Montauban and later Archbishop of BesanconBishops of St Louis Edit Joseph Rosati C M 1827 1843 John Timon Appointed Coadjutor Bishop in 1839 but did not take effect appointed Prefect Apostolic of the Republic of Texas in 1840 and later Bishop of Buffalo Peter Richard Kenrick 1843 1847 Elevated to ArchbishopArchbishops of St Louis Edit Peter Richard Kenrick 1847 1895 John Joseph Kain 1895 1903 Cardinal John J Glennon 1903 1946 Cardinal Joseph Ritter 1946 1967 Cardinal John Joseph Carberry 1968 1979 John L May 1980 1992 Justin Francis Rigali 1994 2003 appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia Cardinal in 2003 Raymond Leo Burke 2004 2008 appointed Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura and later Patron of the Order of Malta Cardinal in 2010 Robert James Carlson 2009 2020 Mitchell T Rozanski 2020 present Auxiliary Bishops Edit Christian Herman Winkelmann 1933 1939 appointed Bishop of Wichita George Joseph Donnelly 1940 1946 appointed Bishop of Leavenworth John Patrick Cody 1947 1954 appointed Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Kansas City Saint Joseph and later Coadjutor Archbishop and Archbishop of New Orleans and Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal in 1967 Charles Herman Helmsing 1949 1956 appointed Bishop of Kansas City Saint Joseph Leo Christopher Byrne 1954 1961 appointed Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Wichita and later Coadjutor Archbishop of St Paul and Minneapolis Glennon Patrick Flavin 1957 1967 appointed Bishop of Lincoln George Joseph Gottwald 1961 1988 Joseph Alphonse McNicholas 1969 1975 appointed Bishop of Springfield in Illinois Charles Roman Koester 1971 1991 Edward Thomas O Meara 1972 1979 appointed Archbishop of Indianapolis John Nicholas Wurm 1976 1981 appointed Bishop of Belleville Edward Joseph O Donnell 1983 1994 appointed Bishop of Lafayette James Terry Steib 1983 1993 appointed Bishop of Memphis Paul Albert Zipfel 1989 1996 appointed Bishop of Bismarck Edward Kenneth Braxton 1995 2001 appointed Bishop of Lake Charles and later Bishop of Belleville Michael John Sheridan 1997 2001 appointed Bishop of Colorado Springs Joseph Fred Naumann 1997 2004 appointed Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas Timothy Michael Dolan 2001 2002 appointed Archbishop of Milwaukee and later Archbishop of New York Cardinal in 2012 Robert Joseph Hermann 2002 2010 Edward Matthew Rice 2010 2016 appointed Bishop of Springfield Cape Girardeau Mark Steven Rivituso 2017 present Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Edit Michael Portier appointed Vicar Apostolic of Alabama and the Floridas in 1825 and later Bishop of Mobile Patrick A Feehan appointed Bishop of Nashville in 1865 and later Bishop and Archbishop of Chicago John Hennessy appointed Bishop in 1866 and later Archbishop of Dubuque John Joseph Hogan appointed Bishop of Saint Joseph in 1868 and later Bishop of Kansas City Joseph Melcher appointed Bishop of Green Bay in 1868 1853 appointment as Bishop of Quincy did not take effect John Joseph Hennessy appointed Bishop of Wichita in 1868 John Henry Tihen priest here 1886 1888 appointed Bishop of Lincoln in 1911 and later Bishop of Denver in 1917 Christopher Edward Byrne appointed Bishop of Galveston in 1918 Mark Kenny Carroll appointed Bishop of Wichita in 1947 Marion Francis Forst appointed Bishop of Dodge City in 1960 and later Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City in Kansas Andres Bernardo Andrew Bernard Schierhoff appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz in 1968 and later Prelate of Pando Luis Morgan Casey appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz in 1983 and later Apostolic Vicar of Pando John Joseph Leibrecht appointed Bishop of Springfield Cape Girardeau in 1984 John R Gaydos appointed Bishop of Jefferson City in 1997 George Joseph Lucas appointed Bishop of Springfield in Illinois in 1999 and later Archbishop of Omaha Robert William Finn appointed Coadjutor Bishop in 2004 and later Bishop of Kansas City Saint Joseph Richard Frank Stika appointed Bishop of Knoxville in 2009Churches EditMain article List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St LouisEducation EditThe Archdiocese of St Louis contains 97 primary schools and 25 high schools with a total enrollment as of 2023 of 30 741 13 High schools Edit Coeducational schools Edit Bishop DuBourg High School St Louis Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School St Louis Duchesne High School St Charles Valle Catholic High School Sainte Genevieve St Dominic High School O Fallon St Francis Borgia Regional High School Washington St Pius X High School Festus St Vincent de Paul High School Perryville 14 All boys schools Edit Chaminade College Preparatory School Creve Coeur Christian Brothers College High School Town amp Country De Smet Jesuit High School Creve Coeur St John Vianney High School Kirkwood St Louis Priory School Creve Coeur St Louis University High School St Louis St Mary s High School St Louis 14 All girls schools Edit Cor Jesu Academy Affton Incarnate Word Academy Bel Nor Nerinx Hall High School Webster Groves Notre Dame High School Lemay Rosati Kain High School St Louis St Joseph s Academy Frontenac Ursuline Academy Oakland Villa Duchesne Frontenac Visitation Academy Town and Country 14 Closed schools Edit Barat Academy Chesterfield closed in person for 2023 15 John F Kennedy Catholic High School Manchester closed 2017 St Elizabeth Academy St Louis closed 2013 Trinity Catholic High School North County closed 2021 16 Cemeteries EditThe Archdiocese Office of Catholic Cemeteries operates 17 cemeteries in the region including 17 Ascension Calvary Glencoe Holy Cross Mt Olive Our Lady Queen of Peace Resurrection Sacred Heart St Charles Borromeo St Ferdinand St Mary s St Monica St Peter Sts Peter amp Paul St Philippine St VincentSuffragan sees Edit nbsp Ecclesiastical Province of St LouisDiocese of Jefferson City Diocese of Kansas City Saint Joseph Diocese of Springfield Cape GirardeauSee also Edit nbsp Catholicism portalCatholic Church by country Catholic Church in the United States Ecclesiastical Province of Saint Louis Global organisation of the Catholic Church List of Roman Catholic archdioceses by country and continent List of Roman Catholic dioceses alphabetical including archdioceses List of Roman Catholic dioceses structured view including archdioceses List of the Catholic dioceses of the United StatesReferences Edit St Rose Philippine Duchesne arrives at St Louis Walk of Fame a b c d e Dolan Timothy Michael Archdiocese of St Louis Three Centuries of Catholicism 1700 2000 Strasbourg France Editions Du Signe 2001 Print Points Marie Louise New Orleans The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 11 New York Robert Appleton Company 1911 November 19 2017 Reorganization will cut Catholic Parishes in St Louis St Louis Public Radio Retrieved 2023 07 06 a b St Louis Catholic archdiocese to pay 1m to settle sexual abuse lawsuit The Guardian Associated Press 2023 06 09 ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 2023 08 21 St Louis Archbishop Didn t Know Sex With Children Was a Crime NBC News 2014 06 10 Retrieved 2023 08 22 a b St Louis Archdiocese names 64 priests credibly accused of sexually abusing children or possessing child porn Metro stltoday com List Release Promise To Protect Archdiocese of St Louis www archstl org Retrieved 2023 08 22 Judge denies lower bond for former Hinsdale priest 22 April 2019 Messenger Tony 2022 08 30 Messenger St Louis Archdiocese tells Catholic schools to drop free lunch program STLtoday com Retrieved 2023 05 17 St Louis Catholic schools directed to exit Nat l School Lunch Program Aleteia Catholic Spirituality Lifestyle World News and Culture 2022 08 31 Retrieved 2023 08 21 St Louis archdiocese Students won t lose their lunch over federal program decision The Pillar 2022 09 01 Retrieved 2023 08 21 Home Archdiocese of St Louis Catholic Schools archstlschools org Retrieved 2023 06 12 a b c Schools Archdiocese of St Louis Catholic Schools archstlschools org Retrieved 2023 06 12 Barat Academy Barat Academy Retrieved 2023 06 12 Agencies Archdiocese of St Louis www archstl org Retrieved 2023 06 12 Archdiocese of St Louis CemeteriesExternal links EditRoman Catholic Archdiocese of St Louis Official Site Archives section Story of John Paul II s 1999 visit St Louis Review the weekly newspaper of the archdiocese Rome of the West features photography of churches in the Archdiocese Eastern rites in the Archdiocese Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Archived 2019 03 30 at the Wayback Machine The Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma Saint Nicholas Eparchy for Ukrainian Catholics 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