Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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Legal/ Religious |
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| Available in | English |
| Created by | David M. Cheney |
| Website | http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/ |
| Alexa rank |
 146,973 (November 2016[update]) |
| Commercial | No |
| Current status | active |
Catholic-Hierarchy.org is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church. The website is not officially sanctioned by the Church. It is run as a private project by David M. Cheney in Kansas City.
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.
It also gives biographical information on current and previous bishops of each diocese, such as dates of birth, ordinations and (when applicable) death.
The website is cited as a reference by Vatican Radio as well as by numerous Catholic dioceses around the world, academic institutions, libraries, newspapers (both mainstream and Catholic), and in published works.Vaticanologist Sandro Magister lists it as a recommended site on Catholicism. It is also used as a reference by other church writers including John L. Allen, Jr., canon lawyer Edward N. Peters, and Rocco Palmo. The Zenit News Agency states that the webpage provides a "silent, unique service to the Church".
Among the printed sources used are the Holy See publications: Annuario Pontificio, Acta Apostolicae Sedis and Acta Sanctae Sedis. Historical studies by authors whose surnames range from Andrade to Zúñíga are also utilized.
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