Diocese of Raleigh
| Diocese of Raleigh | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Atlanta |
| Diocesan bishop | Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto |
| founding | 1868 |
| surface | 82,556 km² |
| Parishes | 79 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 4,924,663 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 222,443 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 4.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 114 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 47 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,382 |
| Permanent deacons | 73 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 50 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 33 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Website | www.dioceseofraleigh.org |
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The diocese of Raleigh ( Latin Dioecesis Raleighiensis , English Diocese of Raleigh ) located in the USA is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
history
The Diocese of Raleigh was detached from the Diocese of Charleston as Vicariate Apostolic North Carolina on March 3, 1868 and belonged to the Archdiocese of Baltimore as a suffragan . After it had ceded 3,340 square kilometers to the new territorial abbey Belmont-Mary Help of Christians on June 8, 1910 , it was raised to the diocese of Raleigh on December 12, 1924 .
On April 17, 1944, large areas of the territorial abbey returned to the diocese. In July 1960, Raleigh received Gaston County from the Territorial Abbey and moved as a suffragan from the Archdiocese of Baltimore to the Archdiocese of Atlanta on February 10, 1962 .
When the diocese was founded, there were around 6,000 Catholics in the diocese. The cathedral was the previous parish church Sacred Heart (Herz Jesu) with a capacity of 300 seats. Since the number of Catholics in the diocese has now risen to around 500,000, a new cathedral was planned. In January 2015, construction began on the Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral , which will have 2000 seats. The consecration of the new cathedral is scheduled for July 26, 2017.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic
- James Gibbons (1868–1877, then Bishop of Richmond )
- Henry Pinckney Northrop (1881–1883, then Bishop of Charleston )
- Leo Michael Haid OSB (1888-1924)
Bishops
- William Joseph Hafey (1925–1937, then coadjutor in the Diocese of Scranton )
- Eugene Joseph McGuinness (1937-1944, then coadjutor in the Diocese of Oklahoma City-Tulsa )
- Vincent Stanislaus Waters (1945–1974)
- Francis Joseph Gossman (1975-2006)
- Michael Francis Burbidge (2006–2016), then Bishop of Arlington
- Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto (since 2017)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Raleigh on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Homepage of the Diocese of Raleigh (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral - Frequently Asked Questions , accessed May 7, 2017