Richmond Bishopric
| Richmond Bishopric | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Baltimore |
| Diocesan bishop | Barry Christopher Knestout |
| founding | 1820 |
| surface | 86,071 km² |
| Parishes | 142 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 5,680,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 244,700 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 4.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 183 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 30 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,149 |
| Permanent deacons | 115 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 37 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 139 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart |
| address | 811 Cathedral Place Richmond VA 23220-4801 |
| Website | www.richmonddiocese.org |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond ( Latin : Dioecesis Richmondiensis ) in the US state of Virginia was separated from the Archdiocese of Baltimore on July 11, 1820 , of which it is still a member of the ecclesiastical province. After the Diocese of Wheeling was separated from him on July 19, 1850 , it received some areas of the Archdiocese of Baltimore again on August 15, 1858.
Bishops
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Patrick Kelly (1820–1822, then Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in Ireland)
- Ambrose Maréchal PSS (1822–1828 as Apostolic Administrator)
- James Whitfield (1828–1834 as Apostolic Administrator)
- Samuel Eccleston (1834-1840 as Apostolic Administrator)
- Richard Vincent Whelan (1840–1850, then Bishop of Wheeling )
- John McGill (1850-1872)
- James Gibbons (1872–1877, then Archbishop of Baltimore )
- John Joseph Keane (1878–1888, then Bishop of Dubuque )
- Augustine Van de Vyver (1889-1911)
- Denis Joseph O'Connell (1912-1926)
- Andrew James Louis Brennan (1926-1945)
- Peter Leo Ireton (1945–1958)
- John Joyce Russell (1958–1973)
- Walter Francis Sullivan (1974-2003)
- Francis Xavier DiLorenzo (2004-2017)
- Barry Christopher Knestout (since 2017)
