The Archdiocese of Atlanta was elevated on February 21, 1962, from the Diocese of Atlanta which was established on July 2, 1956. The archdiocese encompasses 21,445 square miles and comprises 69 counties in north and central Georgia.
News & Headlines
- August 28, 2025ATLANTA—Patrick Blonski, 34, of Atlanta, knows a thing or two about the film-making industry.
- August 27, 2025ATLANTA—A deadly shooting took place the morning of Aug. 27 at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis shortly after the start of the school day during an all-school Mass at the adjacent Annunciation Catholic Church.
- August 26, 2025(OSV News)–The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference called for a special collection to bolster the Catholic Church’s response to a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war continues to grind on.
- August 24, 2025ATLANTA—From a message that “Dread is not of God” to a “pilgrimage of hope,” several hundred Catholic sisters and guests gathered in downtown Atlanta for the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR).
