Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester
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.
Diocese of Manchester Diocensis Manchesteriensis | |
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Cathedral of St. Joseph | |
Location | |
Country | |
Territory | New Hampshire |
Ecclesiastical province | Boston |
Metropolitan | Boston |
Coordinates | 42°59′52″N 71°27′18″W |
Statistics | |
Area | 9,305 sq mi (24,100 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,315,809 309,987 (23.6%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | April 15, 1884 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Joseph |
Patron saint | Saint Joseph |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Peter Anthony Libasci |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Seán Patrick O'Malley |
Bishops emeritus | Odore Joseph Gendron Bishop Emeritus (1975-1990) John Brendan McCormack Bishop Emeritus (1998-2011) Francis Joseph Christian Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1996-2018) |
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Website | |
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It is a suffragan in the Latin Rite ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston, and its bishop is a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and its Region I (provinces of Boston and Hartford).
Its leading prelate also serves as pastor of the mother church, the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester.[2]
History
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.
Sex abuse
On July 31, 2019, the Diocese of New Hampshire released a list of 73 priests and religious order members who were "credibly accused" of committing acts of sex abuse.[3][4] Some of those listed were criminally convicted, defrocked, removed from public ministry, or died without receiving punishment.[3]
Statistics
As per 2018, the diocese pastorally served 322,258 Catholics (24.3% of 1,326,813 total population) on 24,097 km² in 89 parishes with 185 priests (121 diocesan, 38 religious, 26 extern), 73 deacons, 314 lay religious (15 brothers, 299 sisters) and 14 seminarians.[2]
Bishops
Bishops of Manchester
- Denis Mary Bradley (1883-1904)
- John Bernard Delany (1904-1906)
- George Albert Guertin (1906-1931)
- John Bertram Peterson (1932-1944)
- Matthew Francis Brady (1944-1959)
- Ernest John Primeau (1960-1974)
- Odore Joseph Gendron (1974-1990)
- Leo Edward O'Neil (1990-1997)
- John Brendan McCormack (1998-2011)
- Peter Anthony Libasci (2011–Present)
Coadjutor Bishop
- Leo Edward O'Neil (1989-1990)
Auxiliary Bishops
- Robert Edward Mulvee (1977-1985), appointed Bishop of Wilmington and later Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Providence
- Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. (1986-1988), appointed Bishop of Portland
- Francis Joseph Christian (1996-2018)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Thomas Michael O'Leary, appointed Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts in 1921
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, Hinsdale and Winchester
- 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 Holy Spirit, Keene and Troy
- 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. 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. Stanislaus, Nashua
- St. Theresa, Henniker
- St. Theresa, Rye Beach
- St. Thomas Aquinas, Derry
- St. Thomas More, Durham
- Ste. Marie, Manchester
- Saints Mary and Joseph, Salem[5]
Catholic 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, Brothers of the Sacred Heart (S.C.) (1981–1990)
- Br. Joachim Froehlich, Order of Saint Benedict (O.S.B.) (1990–1991)
- Rev. William T. Garland, Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.) (1991–1996)
- Ms. Mary Moran (2006–2012)
- Rev. Dennis J. Audet (2012–2013) Interim
- Rev. John R. Fortin, O.S.B. (2013–2016)
- Mr. David Thibault (2016- )
High schools
- Bishop Brady High School, Concord
- Bishop Guertin High School, Nashua
- Holy Family Academy*, Manchester
- Mount Royal Academy, Sunapee
- St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Dover
- Trinity High School, Manchester
Colleges
- Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts*, Warner
- Rivier University*, Nashua
- Saint Anselm College*, Goffstown
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts*, Merrimack
- * Schools operated independent of the Diocese
See also
Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Diocese of Manchester. |
- Catholic Church by country
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Ecclesiastical Province of Boston
- List of Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
- List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
- List of Catholic dioceses in the United States
References
- "Diocese of Manchester". Catholic-Hierarchy. 20 January 2015.
- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/manc0.htm
- https://www.catholicnh.org/restoringtrust-2/
- https://www.wmur.com/article/manchester-diocese-releases-list-of-priests-accused-of-abuse/28566986
- "Parishes". Diocese of Manchester. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
Sources and external links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester. |
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester official site
- GCatholic, with Google map - data for most sections
- Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Manchester
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- Parable - diocesan magazine