Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence is a diocesan church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. The diocese was formed by His Holiness, Pope Pius IX on February 17, 1872 and was originally comprised of the entire state of Rhode Island and the counties of Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in the state of Massachusetts. On March 12, 1904, those four counties were separated from the Diocese of Providence to form the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts. Currently the Diocese of Providence comprises just the state of Rhode Island. The diocese is suffragan to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hartford and a part of the ecclesiastical province that includes the Hartford archdiocese and the suffragan dioceses of Bridgeport and the Norwich. The Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence is the mother church of the Diocese of Providence. The Most Reverend Thomas J. Tobin, former Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, is the eighth, and current, Bishop Of Providence.
In 2002 The Diocese of Providence Rhode Island made headlines for fighting the longest and hardest of any diocese in the United States (over ten years) against victims of Sexual Abuse. After 10 years of hard and questionable tactics to quash and deny victims any accountability the Diocese finally settled with 38 of its many victims for a reported sum of 13 million dollars. Time Magazine did a full story on the assets of the Diocese such as Mansions and houses valued in the millions of dollars. They have not revealed how many settlements were concealed in the past with victims of sexual abuse and they also have never turned over any of their own internal records which could shed light on how inept they were at stopping this problem and could also reveal potential criminal coverups. See link below for TIME Magazine Article.
[edit] Bishops
- Thomas F. Hendricken (1872 - 1886)
- Matthew Harkins (1887 - 1921)
- William A. Hickey (1921 - 1933)
- Francis Patrick Keough (1934 - 1947)
- Russell J. McVinney (1948 - 1971)
- Louis E. Gelineau (1971 - 1998)
- Robert E. Mulvee (1997 - 2005)
- Thomas J. Tobin (2005 - present)
[edit] List of churches
- St. Ambrose (Albion, Rhode Island)
- Our Lady of Victory (Ashaway, Rhode Island)
- Holy Angels (Barrington, Rhode Island)
- St. Luke (Barrington)
- St. Andrew (Block Island, Rhode Island)
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Bristol, Rhode Island)
- St. Elizabeth (Bristol)
- St. Mary (Bristol)
- Our Lady of Good Help (Burrillville, Rhode Island)
- St. Joseph (Burrillville)
- St. Patrick (Burrillville)
- St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (Burrillville)
- St. Mary (and St. James Chapel) (Carolina, Rhode Island)
- Holy Spirit Catholic Community (Central Falls, Rhode Island)
- St. Joseph (Central Falls)
- St. Lawrence (Centredale, Rhode Island)
- St. Eugene's Church (Chepachet, Rhode Island)
- Our Lady of Czenstochowa (Coventry, Rhode Island)
- SS. John and Paul (Coventry)
- St. Vincent de Paul (Coventry)
- Holy Apostles Church (Cranston, Rhode Island)
- Immaculate Conception (Cranston)
- St. Ann (Cranston)
- St. Mark (Cranston)
- St. Mary (Cranston)
- St. Matthew (Cranston)
- St. Paul (Cranston)
- Our Lady of Fatima (Cumberland, Rhode Island)
- St. Aidan (Cumberland)
- St. Joan of Arc (Cumberland)
- St. John Vianney (Cumberland)
- St. Joseph (Cumberland)
- St. Patrick (Cumberland)
- Our Lady of Mercy (East Greenwich, Rhode Island)
- Our Lady of Loreto (East Providence, Rhode Island)
- Sacred Heart (East Providence)
- St. Brendan's Church (East Providence)
- St. Francis Xavier (East Providence)
- St. Margaret (East Providence)
- St. Martha (East Providence)
- Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Mission (Exeter, Rhode Island)
- St. Paul The Apostle (Foster, Rhode Island)
- St. Patrick (Harrisville, Rhode Island)
- St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (Harrisville)
- St. Joseph (Hope Valley, Rhode Island)
- St. Mark (Jamestown, Rhode Island)
- Our Lady of Grace (Johnston, Rhode Island)
- St. Brigid (Johnston)
- St. Robert Bellarmine (Johnston)
- St. Rocco (Johnston)
- Church of Saint Basil the Great (Lincoln, Rhode Island)
- St. Jude (Lincoln)
- St. Catherine (Little Compton, Rhode Island)
- St. James (Manville, Rhode Island)
- Our Lady of Good Help (Mapleville, Rhode Island, a village in Burrillville)
- St. Lucy (Middletown, Rhode Island)
- St. Mary, Star of the Sea (Narragansett, Rhode Island)
- St. Thomas More (Narragansett)
- St. Patrick (Nasonville, Rhode Island, a village in Burrillville)
- Jesus Saviour (Newport, Rhode Island)
- St. Augustin (Newport)
- St. Joseph (Newport)
- St. Mary (Newport)
- St. Francis de Sales (North Kingstown, Rhode Island)
- Mary, Mother of Mankind (North Providence, Rhode Island)
- Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (North Providence)
- St. Anthony (North Providence)
- St. John the Evangelist (North Smithfield, Rhode Island)
- Saint Joseph (Pascoag, Rhode Island)
- Immaculate Conception (Pawtucket, Rhode Island)
- Our Lady of Consolation (Pawtucket)
- Sacred Heart of Jesus (Pawtucket)
- St. Anthony (Pawtucket)
- St. Cecilia (Pawtucket)
- St. Edward (Pawtucket)
- St. John the Baptist (St. Jean-Baptiste) (Pawtucket)
- St. Joseph (Pawtucket)
- St. Leo the Great (Pawtucket)
- St. Maria Goretti (Pawtucket)
- St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception (Pawtucket)
- St. Teresa of the Child Jesus (Pawtucket)
- Trinity - St. George (Pawtucket)
- St. Anthony (Portsmouth, Rhode Island)
- St. Barnabas (Portsmouth)
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Providence, Rhode Island)
- Blessed Sacrament (Providence)
- Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul (Providence)
- Holy Cross (Providence)
- Holy Ghost (Providence)
- Holy Name of Jesus (Providence)
- Our Lady of Lourdes (Providence)
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Providence)
- Our Lady of the Rosary (Providence)
- St. Adalbert (Providence)
- St. Agnes (Providence)
- St. Ann (Providence)
- St. Anthony (Providence)
- St. Augustine (Providence)
- St. Bartholomew (Providence)
- St. Casimir (Providence)
- St. Charles Borromeo (Providence)
- St. Edward (Providence)
- St. Joseph (Providence)
- St. Mary (Providence)
- St. Michael the Archangel (Providence)
- St. Patrick (Providence)
- St. Pius V (Providence)
- St. Raymond (Providence)
- St. Sebastian (Providence)
- St. Teresa of Avila (Providence)
- St. Thomas (Providence)
- St. Brendan's Church (Riverside, Rhode Island)
- St. Margaret (Rumford, Rhode Island)
- St. Joseph (Scituate, Rhode Island)
- St. Michael (Smithfield, Rhode Island)
- St. Philip (Smithfield)
- Christ the King (South Kingstown, Rhode Island)
- St. Francis of Assisi (South Kingstown)
- Holy Ghost (Tiverton, Rhode Island)
- St. Christopher (Tiverton)
- St. Madeleine Sophie (Tiverton)
- St. Theresa (Tiverton)
- Saint Mary of the Bay (Warren, Rhode Island)
- St. Alexander (Warren)
- St. Casimir (Warren)
- St. Jean Baptiste (Warren)
- St. Thomas the Apostle (Warren)
- SS Rose and Clement Parish (Warwick, Rhode Island)
- St. Benedict (Warwick)
- St. Catherine (Warwick)
- St. Francis of Assisi (Warwick)
- St. Gregory the Great (Warwick)
- St. Kevin (Warwick)
- St. Peter (Warwick)
- St. Rita (Warwick)
- St. Timothy (Warwick)
- St. William (Warwick)
- Christ the King (West Warwick, Rhode Island)
- Our Lady of Good Counsel (West Warwick)
- Sacred Heart (West Warwick)
- SS. John & James (West Warwick)
- SS. Peter and Paul (West Warwick)
- St. Anthony (West Warwick)
- St. Joseph (West Warwick)
- St. Mary (West Warwick)
- Immaculate Conception (Westerly, Rhode Island)
- St. Clare (Westerly)
- St. Pius X (Westerly)
- St. Vincent de Paul (Westerly)
- St. Bernard (Wickford, Rhode Island)
- All Saints Catholic Community (Woonsocket, Rhode Island)
- Holy Family (Woonsocket)
- Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs (Woonsocket)
- Precious Blood (Woonsocket)
- Sacred Heart (Woonsocket)
- St. Agatha (Woonsocket)
- St. Anthony (Woonsocket)
- St. Charles Borromeo (Woonsocket)
- St. Elias (Woonsocket)
- St. Joseph (Woonsocket)
- St. Michael (Woonsocket)
- St. Stanislaus Kostka (Woonsocket)
[edit] External links
Time Magazine RE: Providence Diocese and Sexual Abuse Lawsuits
