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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Online database of bishops and dioceses of the Roman & Eastern Catholic Churches}}<br />
{{distinguish|Hierarchy of the Catholic Church}}<br />
{{Italic title}}{{Notability|Web|date=September 2022}}<br />
{{Infobox website<br />
| name = Catholic-Hierarchy.org<br />
| logo = Catholic-Hierarchy logo.gif<br />
| logo_size = 60px<br />
| url = {{URL|https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/}}<br />
| commercial = No<br />
| type = Legal/religious<br />
| language = English<br />
| author = David M. Cheney<br />
| current_status = Active<br />
}}<br />
'''''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''''' is an online [[database]] of [[bishop]]s and [[diocese]]s of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the 23 [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] that are in [[full communion]] with Rome. The website is not officially sanctioned by the Church. It is run as a private project by David M. Cheney in [[Kansas City Metropolitan Area|Kansas City]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Senèze |first=Nicolas |date=2008-11-24 |title=David Cheney, l'homme qui recense les évêques |url=https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Actualite/David-Cheney-l-homme-qui-recense-les-eveques-_NG_-2008-11-24-680630 |access-date=2016-10-22 |website=[[La Croix (newspaper)|La Croix]] |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="KD">{{Cite web |last=Neumann |first=Felix |date=2017-08-08 |title=Sie sammeln das Wissen der Weltkirche |url=https://www.katholisch.de/artikel/14298-sie-sammeln-das-wissen-der-weltkirche |access-date=2017-08-12 |website=katholisch.de |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-10-29 |title=David Cheney – człowiek, który stworzył światowy katalog biskupów |language=pl |newspaper=[[:pl:Katolicka Agencja Informacyjna]]}}</ref><br />
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==Origin and contents==<br />
In the 1990s, David M. Cheney created a simple internet website that documented the Roman Catholic bishops in his home state of Texas—many of whom did not have webpages.<ref name=KD /> In 2002, after moving to the Midwest, he officially created the present website catholic-hierarchy.org and expanded to cover the United States and eventually the world.<ref name=KD /> The database contains geographical, organizational and address information on each Catholic diocese in the world, including [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] in [[full communion]] with the [[Holy See]], such as the [[Maronite Catholic Church]] and the [[Syro-Malabar Church]].<br />
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It also gives biographical information on current and previous bishops of each diocese, such as dates of birth, [[ordination]]s and (when applicable) death.<br />
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==Status==<br />
The [[Zenit News Agency]] states that the webpage provides a "silent, unique service to the Church".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Naab |first=Kathleen |date=2011-03-29 |title=Hobby Turned Service to the Church |url=http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=112419 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924050930/http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=112419 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |website=[[EWTN]] |publisher=[[Zenit News Agency|ZENIT.org News Agency]]}}</ref><br />
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==Sources==<br />
Among the printed sources used are the [[Holy See]] publications: [[Annuario Pontificio]], [[Acta Apostolicae Sedis]] and [[Acta Sanctae Sedis]]. Historical studies by various authors are also utilized.<ref>{{cite web |author=Cheney |first=David M. |date=2013-05-24 |title=Sources / Bibliography |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/sources.html |access-date=2014-06-18 |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org |publisher=}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
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* {{Cite web |last=Brockhaus |first=Hannah |date=November 27, 2022 |title=The ‘Random Catholic Dude’ behind the website chronicling the Catholic hierarchy |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252827/the-random-catholic-dude-behind-the-website-chronicling-the-catholic-hierarchy |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official website|https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}<br />
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[[Category:Episcopacy in the Catholic Church]]</div>Ajay Kumar