Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester

Diocese of Manchester Diocensis Manchesteriensis
Location
Country	United States
Territory	New Hampshire
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Boston
Metropolitan	Manchester, New Hampshire
Coordinates	42°59′52″N 71°27′18″W
Population - Catholics	327,353
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	April 15, 1884
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Joseph
Patron saint	Saint Joseph
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Peter Anthony Libasci Bishop of Manchester
Auxiliary Bishop	Francis Joseph Christian Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester
Website
catholicnh.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester (Diocensis Manchesteriensis in Latin) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the region of New England in the United States comprising the entire state of New Hampshire. It is located within the Province of Boston, and its bishop is a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

It is led by a prelate bishop who serves as pastor of the mother church, Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester. The diocese consists of approximately 280 priests, 51 deacons, and 327,600 Catholic faithful in New Hampshire.

The Diocese of Manchester was canonically erected on April 15, 1884 by Pope Leo XIII. Its territories were taken from the Diocese of Portland in the neighboring state of Maine.

The current bishops are:

• Peter Anthony Libasci, Bishop
• Francis Joseph Christian, Auxiliary Bishop
• Odore Joseph Gendron, Bishop Emeritus
• John Brendan McCormack, Bishop Emeritus

Ordinaries

Bishops of the Diocese and their terms of office:

• Denis Mary Bradley (18 April 1884 Appointed - 13 December 1903 Died)
• John Bernard Delany (18 April 1904 Appointed - 11 June 1906 Died)
• George Albert Guertin (16 December 1906 Appointed - 6 August 1931 Died)
• John Bertram Peterson (13 May 1932 Appointed - 15 March 1944 Died)
• Matthew Francis Brady (11 November 1944 Appointed - 21 September 1959 Died)
• Ernest John Primeau (27 November 1959 Appointed - 30 January 1974 Resigned)
• Odore Joseph Gendron (12 December 1974 Appointed - 12 June 1990 Resigned)
• Leo Edward O'Neil (12 June 1990 Succeeded - 30 November 1997 Died)
• John Brendan McCormack (21 July 1998 Appointed - 19 September 2011 Resigned)
• Peter Anthony Libasci (19 September 2011 Appointed - present )

Parishes

• All Saints, Charlestown
• Blessed John XXIII, Nashua
• Blessed Sacrament, Manchester
• Christ the King, Concord
• Corpus Christi, Portsmouth
• Divine Mercy, Peterborough
• Gate of Heaven, Lancaster
• Good Shepherd, Berlin
• Holy Cross, Derry
• Holy Family, Gorham
• Holy Rosary, Hooksett
• Holy Trinity, Plymouth
• Immaculate Conception, Nashua
• Immaculate Conception, Penacook
• Immaculate Heart of Mary, Concord
• Mary Queen of Peace, Keene
• North American Martyrs, Colebrook
• Our Lady of Fatima, New London
• Our Lady of Lourdes, Pittsfield
• Our Lady of Mercy, Merrimack
• Our Lady of the Cedars (Melkite-Eastern Catholic), Manchester
• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Rochester
• Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Hampton
• Our Lady of the Mountains, North Conway
• Parish of the Assumption, Dover
• Parish of the Resurrection, Nashua
• Parish of the Transfiguration, Manchester
• Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Manchester
• Sacred Heart, Lebanon
• Sacred Heart, Manchester
• Sacred Heart, Wilton
• Sacred Heart of Jesus, Greenville
• St. Aloysius of Gonzaga, Nashua
• St. André Bessette, Laconia
• St. Anne, Hampstead
• St. Anne-St. Augustin, Manchester
• St. Anthony, Sanbornville
• St. Anthony of Padua, Manchester
• St. Bernard, Keene
• St. Catherine of Siena, Manchester
• St. Catherine of Siena, Woodsville
• St. Charles Borromeo, Meredith
• St. Christopher, Nashua
• St. Denis, Hanover
• St. Elizabeth Seton, Bedford
• St. Francis of Assisi, Litchfield
• St. Hedwig, Manchester
• St. Helena, Enfield
• St. Ignatius of Loyola, Somersworth
• St. John Neumann, Merrimack
• St. John the Baptist, Suncook
• St. Joseph, Belmont
• St. Joseph, Center Ossipee
• St. Joseph, Claremont
• St. Joseph, Epping
• St. Joseph, Lincoln
• St. Joseph, Woodsville
• St. Joseph Cathedral, Manchester
• St. Joseph the Worker, Nashua
• St. Jude, Londonderry
• St. Katharine Drexel, Alton
• St. Kathryn, Hudson
• St. Lawrence, Goffstown
• St. Leo, Gonic
• St. Luke the Evangelist, Plaistow
• St. Marguerite d'Youville, Groveton
• St. Mark the Evangelist, Londonderry
• St. Mary, Claremont
• St. Mary, Hillsborough
• St. Mary, Newmarket
• St. Mary, Rochester
• St. Mary, Rollinsford
• St. Mary of the Assumption, Tilton
• St. Matthew, Windham
• St. Michael, Exeter
• St. Patrick, Hampton
• St. Patrick, Jaffrey
• St. Patrick, Milford
• St. Patrick, Nashua
• St. Patrick, Newport
• St. Patrick, Pelham
• St. Paul, Franklin
• St. Peter, Auburn
• St. Peter, Farmington
• St. Pius X, Manchester
• St. Raphael, Manchester
• St. Rose of Lima, Littleton
• St. Theresa, Henniker
• St. Theresa, Rye Beach
• St. Thomas Aquinas, Derry
• St. Thomas More, Durham
• Ste. Marie, Manchester
• Saints Mary and Joseph, Salem

High schools

• Bishop Brady High School, Concord
• Bishop Guertin High School, Nashua
• Holy Family Academy*, Manchester
• Immaculate Conception Apostolic School*, Center Harbor
• Mount Royal Academy, Sunapee
• St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Dover
• Trinity High School, Manchester

* Schools operated independent of the Diocese.

Resources

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester
• Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Manchester
•  "Diocese of Manchester". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.