Bishop Byrne High School

Bishop Byrne High School
Address
1475 East Shelby Drive Memphis, Tennessee, (Shelby County) 38116 United States
Coordinates	35°1′8″N 90°0′55″W / 35.01889°N 90.01528°W / 35.01889; -90.01528Coordinates: 35°1′8″N 90°0′55″W / 35.01889°N 90.01528°W / 35.01889; -90.01528
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational, university-preparatory school
Motto	Fiat Lux Veritatis (Let there be the light of truth.)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1965
Status	Closed
Closed	2013
School code	431-480
Grades	7–12
Color(s)	Red, Black and White
Athletics conference	TSSAA
Mascot	Red Knight
Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools^[1]
Website	http://www.bishopbyrne.org

Bishop Byrne High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Memphis, Tennessee. It was located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis.

Background

Bishop Byrne was established in 1965 to serve students in the South Memphis area. It was named for Bishop Thomas Sebastian Byrne, Bishop of the Nashville Diocese in the early 20th century.^[2] Bishop Byrne students came from a large area across Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. The mascot for the school was the Red Knight. Bishop Byrne was also the alma mater of Archbishop J. Peter Sartain.

Closure

On January 24, 2013 Roman Catholic Bishop J. Terry Steib of the Diocese of Memphis announced that Bishop Byrne High would close at the end of the spring semester. The school had experienced declining enrollment in recent years and higher maintenance costs than Memphis Catholic High School.^[3] Influence1, a private charter school foundation, purchased the former Bishop Byrne property from the Catholic Diocese of Memphis and planned to open three charter schools at the location.^[4]

Athletics

Bishop Byrne competed in Division 2, Region A of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) along with:

David Brainerd Christian School (Chattanooga)
Davidson Academy (Nashville)
First Assembly Christian School (Cordova)
Kings Academy (Seymour)
Lighthouse Christian (Millington)
Memphis Catholic High School (Memphis, Tennessee)
Tipton Rosemark Academy (Millington)
Rossville Christian
Northpoint Christian School (Southaven, Mississippi)
St. Andrews (Sewanee)
St. George's (Collierville)

Notes and references

↑ SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
↑ BBHS. "Bishop Byrne High School History". Retrieved 2007-05-11.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-26.

Diocese of Memphis

Ordinaries	Bishops Carroll Thomas Dozier James Francis Stafford Daniel M. Buechlein J. Terry Steib Martin Holley

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Memphis Parishes:

Education	High schools Christian Brothers High School, Memphis Immaculate Conception Cathedral High School, Memphis Memphis Catholic High School, Memphis St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School, Memphis Saint Benedict at Auburndale High School, Cordova (Memphis) High schools, independent Sacred Heart of Jesus High School, Jackson High schools, closed Bishop Byrne High School, Memphis

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