Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville is a Roman Catholic diocese that encompasses 38 counties spread over 16,302 square miles spanning middle of the state of Tennessee. The Catholic population of the diocese is estimated at approximately 76,000 individuals registered in parishes, which represents about 3.4% of the overall population in Middle Tennessee. In 2016 Mass is offered in Spanish, Vietnamese, Latin, and Korean. The Diocese has 75 priests and 70 permanent deacons serving 53 parishes. There are 34 seminarians currently studying for the priesthood. The Cathedral Church of the Incarnation, located on West End Avenue in Nashville, close to the Vanderbilt University campus is the present seat of the Bishop of Nashville.

The majority of the membership lives in Nashville and surrounding suburbs. However, some parishes outside that area have seen considerable growth in recent times due to the influx of Hispanic immigrants settling in some smaller communities; sometimes, so the Spanish-speaking members outnumber English-speaking communicants in such churches. Services are often said in English by one priest and then in Spanish by a second priest. It is common to have three or more services each weekend.

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