Wheeling-Charleston Diocese
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Baltimore |
| Diocesan bishop | Mark Edward Brennan |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Michael Joseph Bransfield |
| founding | July 19, 1850 |
| surface | 62,755 km² |
| Parishes | 110 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 1,858,650 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 111,670 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 6% |
| Diocesan priest | 101 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 39 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 798 |
| Permanent deacons | 41 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 43 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 102 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Joseph |
| Co-cathedral | Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart |
| Website | www.dwc.org |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston ( Latin Dioecesis Vhelingensis-Carolopolitanus ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Wheeling , West Virginia .
history
The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston was on July 19, 1850 by Pope Pius IX. built from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Richmond as the Diocese of Wheeling and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Baltimore as a suffragan . On August 21, 1974, the Wheeling Diocese was renamed the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese .
territory
The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston includes the state of West Virginia .
Bishops
- Richard Vincent Whelan , 1850–1874
- John Joseph Cain , 1875–1893, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Louis
- Patrick James Donahue , 1894-1922
- John Joseph Swint , 1922–1962
- Joseph Howard Hodges , 1962–1985, Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston from 1974
- Francis Schulte , 1985–1988, then Archbishop of New Orleans
- Bernard William Schmitt , 1989-2004
- Michael Joseph Bransfield , 2004–2018
- Mark Edward Brennan , since 2019
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston (English)
- Entry for Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston on catholic-hierarchy.org
Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Wheeling
Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Charleston