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Welcome to Our Website
This is our home on the internet. The Diocese of Covington Archives contains files pertaining to the Bishops, Clergy, Religious, Parishes, Schools, Diocesan Offices and Lay Organizations of the Diocese of Covington.
Visits to the Archives are by appointment only. Requests for an appointment can be made by calling the Archives (859) 538-1176. Office hours are Monday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 1:00-4:00 p.m. and Friday, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Requests for sacramental records should be made to the parish of origin, if known. Otherwise, requests to the Archives should be made in writing. Academic transcripts from some closed schools are available. A signed release of information form (supplied by the Archives) is required from anyone requesting a certified copy of a sacramental record or academic transcript. Requests for other historical information can be made by phone or in writing.
Gregor Mendel's Covington Connection
Everyone who ever had high school biology knows the name of Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), the famous monk geneticist whose nineteenth century experiments with the hybridization of peas in his Austrian monastery garden ...
Genealogical Research
The Diocese of Covington Archives has sacramental records prior to 1950 on microfilm. Sacramental records prior to 1925 are open for research to visitors with an appointment....
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