Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the eastern United States and comprises the entire state of Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It is led by Bishop William Francis Malooly whose seat is the Cathedral of Saint Peter in the City of Wilmington.

The first Roman Catholic mission in Delaware was established in 1804 by Rev. Patrick Kenney on the site of the Coffee Run Cemetery in Mill Creek, Delaware. The mission appears on the National Register of Historic Places. The diocese was canonically erected on March 3, 1868 by Pope Pius IX. It took its territories from the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the then Diocese of Philadelphia, and also received the 2 eastern-shore counties of Virginia, thus extending all the way down the Delmarva Peninsula. The Virginia part was returned to the Diocese of Richmond in 1974, leaving the Diocese of Wilmington with all of Delaware and the 9 eastern-shore counties of Maryland.

Bishops

• Thomas Albert Andrew Becker (1868-1886)
• Alfred Allen Paul Curtis (1886-1896)
• John James Joseph Monaghan (1897-1925)
• Edmond John Fitzmaurice (1925-1960)
• Michael William Hyle (1960-1967)
• Thomas Joseph Mardaga (1968-1984)
• Robert Edward Mulvee (1985-1995)
• Michael Angelo Saltarelli (1995-2008)
• William Francis Malooly (2008-present)

High Schools

• Archmere Academy *, Claymont, DE
• Padua Academy, Wilmington, DE
• Saints Peter and Paul High School, Easton, MD
• St. Elizabeth High School, Wilmington, DE
• St. Mark's High School, Wilmington, DE
• St. Thomas More Academy, Magnolia, DE
• Salesianum School *, Wilmington, DE
• Ursuline Academy *, Wilmington, DE

* Privately operated

See also

• Resurrection Catholic Parish (Wilmington)
• St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church (Wilmington, Delaware)
• St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Wilmington, Delaware

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
• Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Wilmington