Diocese of Charleston
| Diocese of Charleston | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Atlanta |
| Diocesan bishop | Robert Guglielmone |
| Vicar General | Richard Harris |
| founding | 1820 |
| surface | 80,779 km² |
| Parishes | 96 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 4,832,482 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 196.245 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 4.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 106 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 48 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,274 |
| Permanent deacons | 110 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 68 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 91 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (John the Baptist) |
| address | 119 Broad St. PO Box 818 Charleston, SC 29402 |
| Website | sccatholic.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston ( Latin Dioecesis Carolopolitana , English Diocese of Charleston ) is a in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Charleston , South Carolina .
history
The Diocese of Charleston was established on July 11, 1820 by Pope Pius VII from cession of territory to the Archdiocese of Baltimore and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On July 3, 1850, the Diocese of Charleston gave parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Savannah . Another cession took place on March 3, 1868 to establish the Vicariate Apostolic North Carolina .
From 1858 to 1885, the Bishop of Charleston was entrusted by the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide with the care of the (few) Catholics in the Bahamas , since Charleston had the most frequent shipping traffic with the Bahamas of all ports on the US east coast. After the end of the Civil War , the Diocese of Charleston found it increasingly difficult to maintain pastoral care in the Bahamas. As a result, Propaganda Fide entrusted this task to the Archbishop of New York in 1885 , as a regular service to Nassau had been established from there .
On February 10, 1962, the Diocese of Charleston was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Atlanta as a suffragan.
Bishops of Charleston
- John England , 1820-1842
- Ignatius Aloysius Reynolds , 1843–1855
- Patrick Neeson Lynch , 1857-1882
- Henry Pinckney Northrop , 1883-1916
- William Thomas Russell , 1916–1927
- Emmet Michael Walsh , 1927–1949, then Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown
- John Joyce Russell , 1950–1958, then Bishop of Richmond
- Paul John Hallinan , 1958–1962, then Archbishop of Atlanta
- Francis Frederick Reh , 1962–1964, then Rector of the Pontifical North America College
- Ernest Leo Unterkoefler , 1964–1990
- David Bernard Thompson , 1990-1999
- Robert Joseph Baker , 1999–2007, then Bishop of Birmingham
- Robert Guglielmone , since 2009
Footnotes
- ^ Colman Barry: Upon these rocks. Catholics in the Bahamas . St. John's Abbey Press, Collegeville 1973. ISBN 0-8146-0812-4 . P. 60.
- ^ Colman Barry: Upon these rocks . P. 71.
