serve children from poor families. These actions brought considerable dissention among the clergy of the diocese. In June 2018, the Vatican sent Archbishops Wilton Gregory of Atlanta and Bernard Hebda of St. Paul-Minneapolis to conduct a visitation of the Memphis diocese, with specific direction to investigate complaints about Holley's leadership. They met with several dozen priests. Machado resigned from the diocese shortly after Gregory and Hebda completed their visitation and Holley assigned a different priest to each of the three offices Machado had held. On October 24, 2018, Pope Francis removed Holley as bishop, citing concerns about his reassignment policy, and named Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville Apostolic Administrator. The following day, Holley said to Catholic News Agency that he believed he was removed as "revenge" for advising Pope Benedict XVI against appointing Cardinal Donald Wuerl, under whom Holley served as Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, for the job of Vatican Secretary of State in 2012. On March 5, 2019, the Vatican announced the appointment of Bishop David Prescott Talley to Holley's former post. Bishop Talley was the Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana. Bishops Bishops of Memphis Carroll Thomas Dozier (1970–1982) James Francis Stafford (1982–1986), appointed Archbishop of Denver and later President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary (elevated to Cardinal in 1998) Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. (1987–1992), appointed Archbishop of Indianapolis J. Terry Steib, S.V.D. (1993–2016) Martin David Holley (2016–2018), removed by Pope Francis - Joseph Edward Kurtz, Archbishop of Louisville (apostolic administrator, 2018–2019) David Talley (2019–present) Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Robert W. Marshall, appointed Bishop of Alexandria in Louisiana in 2020 James Peter Sartain, appointed Bishop of Little Rock in 2000 and later Bishop of Joliet in Illinois and Archbishop of Seattle Education There is one Catholic University within the geographic boundaries of the Diocese: Christian Brothers University (CBU), Memphis There are a total of 28 primary and secondary schools with a total of more than 8000 students. The High Schools include: Christian Brothers High School, Memphis Immaculate Conception Cathedral High School, Memphis St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School, Memphis Saint Benedict at Auburndale High School, Cordova (Memphis) Sacred Heart of Jesus High School*, Jackson * Operates independently and with the blessing of the Bishop. Closed schools Bishop Byrne High School, Memphis Memphis Catholic High School, Memphis See also Catholic Church by country Catholic Church hierarchy List of the