diocese; also elevated to Archbishop ad personam in 1954 Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham Thomas Joseph Toolen (1954–1969), archbishop ad personam Bishop of Mobile John Lawrence May (1969–1980), appointed Archbishop of Saint Louis Archbishops of Mobile Oscar Hugh Lipscomb (1980–2008) Thomas John Rodi (2008–present) Former Auxiliary Bishops Joseph Aloysius Durick (1954–1964), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Nashville and subsequently succeeded to that see Joseph Gregory Vath (1966-1969), appointed Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama 1969-1987 Other priests of this diocese who became bishops John Stephen (Jean Étienne) Bazin, appointed Bishop of Vincennes in 1847 Anthony Dominic Ambrose Pellicer, appointed Bishop of San Antonio in 1874 John William Shaw, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of San Antonio in 1910 William Benedict Friend, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria-Shreveport in 1979 William Russell Houck, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Jackson in 1979 Schools High Schools and Middle Schools High Schools McGill-Toolen Catholic High School (Mobile) Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School (Montgomery) St. Michael Catholic High School (Fairhope) Middle Schools * Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School (Montgomery) Elementary Schools Christ the King Catholic School (Daphne) Corpus Christi School (Mobile) Little Flower Catholic School (Mobile) Montgomery Catholic Preparatory St. Bede Campus (Montgomery) Montgomery Catholic Preparatory Holy Spirit Campus (Montgomery) St. Benedict Catholic School (Elberta) St. Dominic School (Mobile) St. Ignatius School (Mobile) St. John Catholic Montessori School (Enterprise) St. Mary Catholic School (Mobile) St. Michael the Archangel School (Auburn) St. Patrick School (Robertsdale) St. Pius X Catholic School (Mobile) St. Vincent de Paul Day Care (Mobile) Private Schools - (Independent schools within the territory but not under the administration of the Archdiocese of Mobile.) Resurrection Catholic School (Montgomery) St. Joseph Child Development Center (Fort Mitchell) See also Catholic Church by country Catholic Church hierarchy Convent and Academy of the Visitation List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States References External links Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile Official Site 1911 History of the Archdiocese of Mobile Archdiocese of Mobile article, Encyclopedia of Alabama History of the Archdiocese of Mobile Religious organizations established in 1825 1825 establishments in Alabama Mobile Mobile