Bishop Mark Beckman of Knoxville, Tennessee, has directed that all celebrations of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in the diocese cease by 23 November 2025, in accordance with the Vatican’s implementation of Pope Francis’s 2021 motu proprio Traditionis Custodes.
The move, confirmed to The Catholic Herald by diocesan communications director John Mecklenborg, follows instructions from the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to bring Knoxville into conformity with the Holy See’s guidance.
