The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States. It is composed of the northern counties of the state of Georgia and is led by a prelate archbishop who is also pastor of the motherchurch, Cathedral of Christ the King in the City of Atlanta.
The archdiocese is comprised of the Georgia Counties of Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chatooga , Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Elbert, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, Gilmer, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Hart, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Lamar, Lincoln, Lumpkin, Madison, McDuffie, Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, Murray, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Putnam, Rabun, Rockdale, Spalding, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Troup, Union, Upson, Walker, Walton, Warren, White, Whitfield and Wilkes.
The former Diocese of Atlanta was established by a split from the Archdiocese of Baltimore on July 2, 1956. It was elevated to the rank of archdiocese on February 10, 1962.
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