The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington is a Roman Catholic diocese

Diocese

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 in Northern Kentucky

Northern Kentucky

Northern Kentucky is the name often given to the northernmost counties in Kentucky...

, covering 3359 square miles (8,699.8 km²) that includes the city of Covington

Covington, Kentucky

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...

 and the following Kentucky counties: Boone

Boone County, Kentucky

Boone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1798. The population was 118,811 in the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Burlington. The county is named for frontiersman Daniel Boone...

, Kenton

Kenton County, Kentucky

Kenton County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States. It was formed in 1840. In 2010, the population was 159,720. It is the third most populous county in Kentucky behind Jefferson County and Fayette County. Its county seats are Covington and Independence...

, Campbell

Campbell County, Kentucky

Campbell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed on December 17, 1794, from sections of Scott, Harrison and Mason counties. As of 2010, the population was 90,336. Its county seats are Alexandria and Newport...

, Gallatin

Gallatin County, Kentucky

Gallatin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky along the Ohio River, which at its formation was the main transportation route. It was formed in 1799. As of 2000, the population was 7,870. Its county seat is Warsaw...

, Carroll

Carroll County, Kentucky

Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky and located at the confluence of the Kentucky and Ohio rivers. It was formed in 1838 and named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence. The population was 10,155 at the 2000 census...

, Grant

Grant County, Kentucky

Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1820. As of 2000, the population was 22,384. Its county seat is Williamstown...

, Owen

Owen County, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 10,547 people, 4,086 households, and 2,995 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 5,345 housing units at an average density of...

, Pendleton

Pendleton County, Kentucky

Pendleton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 14,390. Its county seat is Falmouth.- Geography :...

, Harrison

Harrison County, Kentucky

Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1794. As of 2010, the population was 18,846. Its county seat is Cynthiana...

, Bracken

Bracken County, Kentucky

Bracken County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1797. The population was 8,488 in the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Brooksville, Kentucky.-History:...

, Robertson

Robertson County, Kentucky

Robertson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2010, the population was 2,282. Its county seat is Mount Olivet, Kentucky. The county is named for George Robertson, a Kentucky Congressman from 1817 to 1821. Robertson is a prohibition or dry county...

, Mason

Mason County, Kentucky

Mason County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 16,800. Its county seat is Maysville. The county is named for George Mason, a Virginia delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights"...

, Fleming

Fleming County, Kentucky

Fleming County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1798. As of 2000, the population was 13,792. Its county seat is Flemingsburg. The county is named for Colonel John Fleming. It's a prohibition or dry county...

, and Lewis

Lewis County, Kentucky

Lewis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 14,092. Its county seat is Vanceburg. The county is named for Meriwether Lewis.Lewis County is part of the Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

. The current bishop is the Most Reverend Roger Joseph Foys

Roger Joseph Foys

Roger Joseph Foys is the tenth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington, in Kentucky, USA. Foys was ordained a priest in 1973 in the Diocese of Steubenville; he served there until he was installed as Bishop of Covington on July 15, 2002....

, D.D. The cathedral

Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...

 church of the diocese is the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption.

Statistics

As of 2004, the diocese held 89,736 Catholics out of a population of 464,629, about 19% of the population of its territory. The diocese contains 46 parishes in 14 counties, the majority of which are concentrated in Boone, Kenton, and Campbell Counties.
The diocese also supports a private collegial institution, Thomas More College

Thomas More College

Thomas More College is a liberal arts college located in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, USA. Located just ten minutes from Cincinnati, Ohio, the Roman Catholic school serves 1,900 full and part-time students...

 in Crestview Hills

Crestview Hills, Kentucky

Crestview Hills is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,889 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Crestview Hills is located at ....

. In addition, the diocese also administers five area hospitals, the St. Elizabeth Medical Center system, one in Covington, one in Edgewood

Edgewood, Kentucky

There were 3,099 households out of which 44.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.4% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.1% were non-families. 11.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.5% had someone...

, one in Ft. Thomas

Fort Thomas, Kentucky

Fort Thomas is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, on the southern bank of the Ohio River and the site of an 1890 US Army post. The population was 16,325 at the 2010 census, making it the largest city in Campbell County and it is officially part of the Cincinnati – Northern Kentucky metropolitan...

, one in Florence

Florence, Kentucky

Florence is a city in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 29,951 at the 2010 census.-History:The Florence area was originally known as Crossroads, because of the convergence of several roads from Burlington and Union at Ridge Road...

, and one in Williamstown

Williamstown, Kentucky

Williamstown is a city in Grant county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The population was 3,227 as of the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Grant County....

. The diocesan school system consists of 29 elementary schools and 9 high schools.

History

The diocese was founded on July 29, 1853 by Pope Pius IX

Pope Pius IX

Blessed Pope Pius IX , born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was the longest-reigning elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, serving from 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years. During his pontificate, he convened the First Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed papal...

. Installed as the first bishop of Covington was the sitting president of Xavier University

Xavier University (Cincinnati)

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 in Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

, Father George Aloysius Carrell

George Aloysius Carrell

George Aloysius Carrell, S.J. was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Covington, serving between 1853 and his death in 1868.-Early life and education:...

, S.J.

Society of Jesus

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  The diocese originally consisted of the eastern half of Kentucky, with the then Diocese of Louisville containing the western half.

Historically, the diocese was composed primarily of descendants of German

Germany

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 immigrants to the towns of Covington and Newport

Newport, Kentucky

Newport is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers. The population was 15,273 at the 2010 census. Historically, it was one of four county seats of Campbell County. Newport is part of the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio Metro Area which...

 in the mid-19th century; Catholicism in both Cincinnati and Louisville also had a similar demographic. Much of the parish architecture in the diocese reflects the German cultural heritage.

The past bishops of the diocese are:

• George Aloysius Carrell
  George Aloysius Carrell
  George Aloysius Carrell, S.J. was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Covington, serving between 1853 and his death in 1868.-Early life and education:...
  
   (1853–1868)
• Augustus Toebbe (1869–1884)
• Camillus Paul Maes
  Camillus Paul Maes
  Camillus Paul Maes was the third bishop of the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, United States. Bishop Maes was responsible for building the current cathedral.-Early Life and Priesthood:...
  
   (1884–1915)
• Ferdinand Brossart
  Ferdinand Brossart
  Ferdinand Brossart was a German American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in the Diocese of Speyer, and served from 1915 to 1923 as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Covington.-Early life:...
  
   (1915–1923)
• Francis William Howard
  Francis William Howard
  Francis William Howard was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Covington from 1923 until his death in 1944.-Biography:...
  
   (1923–1944)
• William Theodore Mulloy
  William Theodore Mulloy
  William Theodore Mulloy was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Covington from 1945 until his death in 1959.-Biography:...
  
   (1944–1959)
• Richard Henry Ackerman
  Richard Henry Ackerman
  Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A member of the Holy Ghost Fathers, he served as Bishop of Covington from 1960 to 1978.-Biography:...
  
   (1960–1978)
• William Anthony Hughes
  William Anthony Hughes
  William Anthony Hughes is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Covington from 1979 to 1995.-Biography:...
  
   (1979–1995)
• Robert William Muench
  Robert William Muench
  Robert William Muench is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the fifth and current Bishop of Baton Rouge, having previously served as Bishop of Covington from 1996 to 2002.-Early life and education:...
  
   (1996–2001)
• Roger Joseph Foys
  Roger Joseph Foys
  Roger Joseph Foys is the tenth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington, in Kentucky, USA. Foys was ordained a priest in 1973 in the Diocese of Steubenville; he served there until he was installed as Bishop of Covington on July 15, 2002....
  
   (2002—)

In 1988, the southern portion of the diocese was incorporated into the new Diocese of Lexington

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington is a Roman Catholic diocese in Kentucky. It was founded on January 14, 1988.The past bishops of the diocese are:*James Kendrick Williams *Ronald William Gainer...

.

2003–2006 Diocese of Covington Synod

In November 2003, Bishop Roger Joseph Foys

Roger Joseph Foys

Roger Joseph Foys is the tenth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington, in Kentucky, USA. Foys was ordained a priest in 1973 in the Diocese of Steubenville; he served there until he was installed as Bishop of Covington on July 15, 2002....

 officially opened the fifth synod

Synod

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 in the 150-year history of the Diocese of Covington. An official synod document will be promulgated on August 13, 2006 http://home.catholicweb.com/covingtonmessenger/index.cfm/NewsItem?id=98877&From=Home.

The synod

Synod

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 will cover the topics of Liturgy and Worship, Parish and Diocesan Administration, Catholic Education, Respect for Life, the Lay Apostolate

Lay apostolate

The lay apostolate is made up from laypeople and consecrated religious who exercise a ministry in cooperation with the Catholic Church. These organizations cooperate with ecclesiastical authorities. They operate "under direction of her pastors" but are not members of the official Church hierarchy...

, Priestly Life and Ministry, Diaconal Life and Ministry, and Evangelization http://www.covingtondiocese.org/index.cfm/NewsItem?ID=99584&From=Home.

The previous synod

Synod

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 in the Diocese of Covington was called in 1961 by Bishop Richard Ackerman to address financial record-keeping, marriage ceremony guidelines and high school tuition http://www.covingtonky.com/index.asp?fn=news&id=1320.

Parishes

• Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption - Covington
  Covington, Kentucky
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...
  
  
• Saint Agnes - Fort Wright
  Fort Wright, Kentucky
  Fort Wright is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,723 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Fort Wright is located at ....
  
  
• Saint Augustine- Covington
  Covington, Kentucky
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...
  
  
• Saint Augustine - Augusta
  Augusta, Kentucky
  Augusta is a city in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River. As of the 2005 census, the city population was 2,004. When Bracken County was organized in 1796, Augusta was the county seat...
  
  
• Saint Patrick - Taylor Mill
  Taylor Mill, Kentucky
  In the city the population was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.0 males...
  
  
• Saint Patrick - Maysville
  Maysville, Kentucky
  Maysville is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 8,993 at the 2000 census, making it the fiftieth largest city in Kentucky by population. Maysville is on the Ohio River, northeast of Lexington. It is the principal city of the Maysville...
  
  
• Saint Anthony - Taylor Mill
  Taylor Mill, Kentucky
  In the city the population was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.0 males...
  
  
• Saint Catherine - Fort Thomas
  Fort Thomas, Kentucky
  Fort Thomas is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, on the southern bank of the Ohio River and the site of an 1890 US Army post. The population was 16,325 at the 2010 census, making it the largest city in Campbell County and it is officially part of the Cincinnati – Northern Kentucky metropolitan...
  
  
• All Saints - Walton
  Walton, Kentucky
  Walton is a city in Boone and Kenton Counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The population was 3,635 in the 2010 Census.-Tourism:Nearby Florence offers thoroughbred racing at Turfway Park....
  
  
• Blessed Sacrament - Fort Mitchell
  Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
  As of the census of 2010, there were 8,207 people, 3,530 households, and 2,033 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,581.8 people per square mile . There were 3,744 housing units at an average density of 1,195.0 per square mile...
  
  
• Saint Joseph - Crescent Springs
  Crescent Springs, Kentucky
  Crescent Springs is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,931 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Crescent Springs is located at ....
  
  
• Saint Joseph - Cold Spring
  Cold Spring, Kentucky
  Cold Spring is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,806 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cold Spring is located at ....
  
  
• Saint Joseph - Camp Springs
  Camp Springs, Kentucky
  Camp Springs is an unincorporated community in rural Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, ten miles southeast of Cincinnati, Ohio. During the mid-19th century, the area was settled by German immigrants from the Rhine River wine districts.-History:...
  
  
• Saint Joseph - Warsaw
  Warsaw, Kentucky
  Warsaw is a city in Gallatin County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,811 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Gallatin County It was named after Warsaw, Poland .-Geography:...
  
  
• Saint Benedict - Covington
  Covington, Kentucky
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...
  
  
• Holy Cross - Latonia
  Latonia, Kentucky
  Latonia is a former city, now neighborhood of Covington in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. It was annexed to Covington in 1909.Latonia's geographical coordinates are 39.048N, 84.508W, and its elevation above sea level is 531 feet. It is entirely within the eastern time zone of the United...
  
  
• Holy Spirit Parish, Saint Stephens Church - Newport
  Newport, Kentucky
  Newport is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers. The population was 15,273 at the 2010 census. Historically, it was one of four county seats of Campbell County. Newport is part of the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio Metro Area which...
  
  
• Immaculate Heart Of Mary - Burlington
  Burlington, Kentucky
  Burlington is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Boone County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 10,779, at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
  
  
• Mary, Queen of Heaven - Erlanger
  Erlanger, Kentucky
  Erlanger is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 16,676 at the 2000 census.- Geography :Erlanger is located at ....
  
  
• Mother of God - Covington
  Covington, Kentucky
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...
  
  
• Saint Henry - Elsmere
  Elsmere, Kentucky
  Elsmere is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 8,451 at the 2010 census. The city was named after Elsmere Avenue in Norwood, Ohio.-Mayor Bradford:...
  
  
• Saint John the Baptist - Wilder
  Wilder, Kentucky
  Wilder is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,035 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Wilder is located at ....
  
  
• Saint Mary of the Assumption - Alexandria
  Alexandria, Kentucky
  As of the census of 2000, there were 8,286 people, 2,884 households, and 2,275 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,538.7 people per square mile . There were 2,989 housing units at an average density of 555.1 per square mile...
  
  
• Saint Paul - Florence
  Florence, Kentucky
  Florence is a city in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 29,951 at the 2010 census.-History:The Florence area was originally known as Crossroads, because of the convergence of several roads from Burlington and Union at Ridge Road...
  
  
• Saint Pius X - Edgewood
  Edgewood, Kentucky
  There were 3,099 households out of which 44.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.4% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.1% were non-families. 11.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.5% had someone...
  
  
• Saint Timothy - Union
  Union, Kentucky
  Union is a city in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,379 in the 2010 Census. Previously a small rural community, the city began to experience rapid residential development in the 1990s and 2000s and has now become one of Cincinnati's more affluent suburbs.- History :The...
  
  
• Saint Therese - Southgate
  Southgate, Kentucky
  Southgate is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, a part of metropolitan Cincinnati, Ohio. The population was 3,472 at the 2000 census.-History:...
  
  
• Saint Thomas - Fort Thomas
  Fort Thomas, Kentucky
  Fort Thomas is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, on the southern bank of the Ohio River and the site of an 1890 US Army post. The population was 16,325 at the 2010 census, making it the largest city in Campbell County and it is officially part of the Cincinnati – Northern Kentucky metropolitan...
  
  
• Saint John - Covington
  Covington, Kentucky
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...
  
  
• Saint Bernard - Dayton
  Dayton, Kentucky
  Dayton is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, along a bend of the Ohio River. The population was 5,966 at the 2000 census. It is less than from downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.-Geography:Dayton is located at ....
  
  
• Saints Peter and Paul - California
  California, Kentucky
  California is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 86 at the 2000 census.-Geography:California is located at ....
  
  
• Saints Boniface and James - Ludlow
  Ludlow, Kentucky
  Ludlow is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,409 at the 2000 census. Ludlow is a suburb of Covington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio, located on the Ohio River...
  
  
• Saint Cecilia - Independence
  Independence, Kentucky
  Independence is a suburban city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 14,982 at the 2000 census and estimated to be 22,105 in 2009. It is one of two county seats of Kenton County...
  
  
• Saint Barbara - Erlanger
  Erlanger, Kentucky
  Erlanger is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 16,676 at the 2000 census.- Geography :Erlanger is located at ....
  
  
• Divine Mercy (formerly Sacred Heart and Saint Anthony) - Bellevue
  Bellevue, Kentucky
  Bellevue is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 5,955 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Bellevue is located in the extreme northern portion of Kentucky, directly across the Ohio River from the Mount Adams neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio...
  
  
• Holy Redeemer - Vanceburg
  Vanceburg, Kentucky
  Vanceburg is a city in Lewis County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,731 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lewis County.Vanceburg is part of the Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  
• Saint James - Brookville
• Saint Charles - Flemingsburg
  Flemingsburg, Kentucky
  Flemingsburg is a city in Fleming County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,010 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Fleming County.-Geography:Flemingsburg is located at ....
  
  
• Saint Edward - Cynthiana
  Cynthiana, Kentucky
  As of the census of 2000, there were 6,258 people, 2,692 households, and 1,639 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,873.6 people per square mile . There were 2,909 housing units at an average density of 870.9 per square mile...
  
  
• Saint Francis Xavier - Falmouth
  Falmouth, Kentucky
  Falmouth is a small city in Pendleton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,058 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pendleton County and is the meeting point of the South and Main forks of the Licking River.-Geography:...
  
  
• Saint John - Carrollton
  Carrollton, Kentucky
  Carrollton is a town in Carroll County, Kentucky, at the confluence of the Ohio River and the Kentucky River. Its population was 3,846 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carroll County....
  
  
• Saint Matthew - Kenton
• Saint Philip - Melbourne
  Melbourne, Kentucky
  Melbourne is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, on the Ohio River. The population was 401 at the 2010 census. St. Anne Convent is located in Melbourne; scenes from the movie 'RAIN MAN' were filmed there.-Geography:...
  
  
• Saint Rose of Lima - Mayslick, Mason County
  Mason County, Kentucky
  Mason County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 16,800. Its county seat is Maysville. The county is named for George Mason, a Virginia delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights"...
  
  
• Saint William - Williamstown
  Williamstown, Kentucky
  Williamstown is a city in Grant county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The population was 3,227 as of the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Grant County....
  
  

High schools

• St. Henry District High School
  St. Henry District High School
  St. Henry District High School is located in Erlanger, Kentucky. It is a Catholic high school of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington. St. Henry was founded as the high school of St. Henry parish in 1933. It was later converted into a district high school of the diocese as enrollment grew...
  
  , Erlanger
  Erlanger, Kentucky
  Erlanger is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 16,676 at the 2000 census.- Geography :Erlanger is located at ....
  
  
• Covington Catholic High School
  Covington Catholic High School
  Covington Catholic High School is a private, all-male high school in Park Hills, Kentucky. It was founded in 1925 by Bishop Francis William Howard and Brother George Sauer. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington.-History:CovCath traces its roots to St...
  
  , Park Hills
  Park Hills, Kentucky
  Park Hills is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. A small Upper-Middle class bedroom community located in the Cincinnati Metro Area. Where most home vaules exceed $200,000 dollars. Desirable for its location, only 3 miles from the Cincinnati's Downtown, and 6 miles to the...
  
  
• Bishop Brossart High School
  Bishop Brossart High School
  Bishop Brossart High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Alexandria, Kentucky. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington.-Background:Bishop Brossart High School was established in 1950 as St. Mary's High School...
  
  , Alexandria
  Alexandria, Kentucky
  As of the census of 2000, there were 8,286 people, 2,884 households, and 2,275 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,538.7 people per square mile . There were 2,989 housing units at an average density of 555.1 per square mile...
  
  
• Villa Madonna Academy
  Villa Madonna Academy
  Villa Madonna Academy is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Villa Hills, Kentucky. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington. It is a three-time Blue Ribbon winner. Principal of VMA High School is Pamela McQueen. Principal of VMA Elementary/Junior High is Soshana...
  
  , Villa Hills
  Villa Hills, Kentucky
  The median income for a household in the city was $73,523, and the median income for a family was $79,810. Males had a median income of $60,792 versus $34,949 for females. The per capita income for the city was $34,373...
  
  
• Covington Latin School
  Covington Latin School
  Covington Latin School is a co-educational, Catholic, accelerated, college preparatory high school offering a classical education. Since its inception in 1923, Latin School has operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky...
  
  , Covington
  Covington, Kentucky
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...
  
  
• Notre Dame Academy
  Notre Dame Academy (Park Hills, Kentucky)
  Notre Dame Academy is a Roman Catholic high school for girls in Northern Kentucky.-Facts:Mission Statement: Notre Dame Academy, a Catholic high school dedicated to Mary, exists to educate young women to make a difference in the world....
  
  , Park Hills
  Park Hills, Kentucky
  Park Hills is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. A small Upper-Middle class bedroom community located in the Cincinnati Metro Area. Where most home vaules exceed $200,000 dollars. Desirable for its location, only 3 miles from the Cincinnati's Downtown, and 6 miles to the...
  
  
• Holy Cross High School
  Holy Cross High School (Covington, Kentucky)
  Holy Cross High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Covington, Kentucky. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington. The mascot is an Indian. The current principal is Mr. Eifert, and the Dean of Discipline is Mr. Ryan. The school currently has well over 450...
  
  , Covington
  Covington, Kentucky
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...
  
  
• Newport Central Catholic High School
  Newport Central Catholic High School
  Newport Central Catholic High School is a coed private secondary school in Newport, Kentucky and part of the Diocese of Covington. It is located in the center of Newport overlooking the Cincinnati Skyline and Ohio Valley. Founded in 1896 with a Roman Catholic affiliation, it serves students in...
  
  , Newport
  Newport, Kentucky
  Newport is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers. The population was 15,273 at the 2010 census. Historically, it was one of four county seats of Campbell County. Newport is part of the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio Metro Area which...
  
  
• St. Patrick's High School
  St. Patrick's High School (Maysville, Kentucky)
  St. Patrick's High School, more commonly known as St. Patrick School, or SPS, is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Maysville, Kentucky. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington. It houses grades K-12 with an enrollment of 150 in Elementary and 124 in High...
  
  , Maysville
  Maysville, Kentucky
  Maysville is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 8,993 at the 2000 census, making it the fiftieth largest city in Kentucky by population. Maysville is on the Ohio River, northeast of Lexington. It is the principal city of the Maysville...
  
  

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington Home Page
• 1910 Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Diocese of Covington