Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis

Archdiocese of Indianapolis Archidioecesis Indianapolitana
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Central Indiana
Ecclesiastical province	Indianapolis
Statistics
Area	13,815 sq mi (35,780 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 2,573,000 244,000 (9.5%)
Parishes	133
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	May 6, 1834 (190 years ago)
Cathedral	Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis
Patron saint	Francis Xavier Théodore Guérin
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Charles Thompson
Map
Website
archindy.org

The Archdiocese of Indianapolis (Latin: Archidioecesis Indianapolitana) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Indiana in the United States.

When it was originally erected as the Diocese of Vincennes on May 6, 1834, it encompassed all of Indiana as well as the eastern third of Illinois. It was renamed the Diocese of Indianapolis on March 28, 1898. Bishop Francis Chatard became the first bishop of Indianapolis. It was elevated from a diocese to a metropolitan archdiocese on October 21, 1944.^[1]

As of the 2000 census, the archdiocese contained 2,430,606 people, 233,273 of whom were Catholic.^[2] The archdiocese covers 39 counties in central and southern Indiana, with a total area of 13,757 square miles.^[1] Charles Thompson has been the archbishop of Indianapolis since 2017.^[3]