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Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester

Coordinates: 42°59′52″N 71°27′18″W / 42.99778°N 71.45500°W / 42.99778; -71.45500
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Diocese of Manchester

Diocensis Manchesteriensis
Location
CountryUnited States
TerritoryNew Hampshire
Ecclesiastical provinceBoston
MetropolitanBoston
Coordinates42°59′52″N 71°27′18″W / 42.99778°N 71.45500°W / 42.99778; -71.45500
Statistics
Area9,305 sq mi (24,100 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
1,315,809
309,987 (23.6%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedApril 15, 1884
CathedralCathedral of Saint Joseph
Patron saintSaint Joseph
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPeter Anthony Libasci
Metropolitan ArchbishopSeán Patrick O'Malley
Auxiliary BishopsFrancis Joseph Christian
Bishops emeritusOdore Joseph Gendron Bishop Emeritus (1975-1990)
John Brendan McCormack Bishop Emeritus (1998-2011)
Map
Website
catholicnh.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester (Diocensis Manchesteriensis[1] 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, the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester. The diocese consists of approximately 280 priests, 51 deacons, and 327,600 Catholics in New Hampshire.

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

Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester

The current bishops are:

Ordinaries

The list of bishops of the Diocese and their terms of service:

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

Parishes

Offices of the Diocese of Manchester

Education

Superintendents

  • Wilfred J. Lessard (c. 1926)
  • Rev. William Collins (1940–1948
  • Msgr. George Murray (1960-1972)
  • Rev. Joseph P. Duffy (1972–1975)
  • Msgr. Thomas S. Hansberry (1975–1976) Interim
  • Rev. George J. Soberick (1976–1981)
  • Br. Roger Lemoyne, SC (1981–1990)
  • Br. Joachim Froehlich, OSB (1990–1991)
  • Rev. William T. Garland, OSA (1991–1996)
  • Ms. Mary Moran (2006–2012)
  • Rev. Dennis J. Audet (2012–2013) Interim
  • Rev. John R. Fortin, OSB (2013–2016)
  • Mr. David Thibault (2016- )

High schools

Colleges

* Schools operated independent of the Diocese

See also

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Diocese of Manchester.

References

  1. ^ "Diocese of Manchester". Catholic-Hierarchy. 20 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Parishes". Diocese of Manchester. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
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