Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston
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| Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston | |
| Dioecesis Carolopolitana | |
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| Basic information | |
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| Location | Charleston, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States |
| Territory | State of:South Carolina |
| Population | 183,356 |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Patron | St. John the Baptist |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Atlanta |
| Established | July 11, 1820 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist |
| Bishop | sede vacante |
| Website | Diocese of Charleston |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Benedict XVI |
| Metropolitan | Most Rev. Wilton D. Gregory
Archbishop of Atlanta |
| Diocesan Bishop | Msgr. Martin Laughlin, Administrator |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States and comprises the entire state of South Carolina,[1] with Charleston as its see city. It is led by a prelate bishop which serves as pastor of the mother church, Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in the City of Charleston.[2] Its first bishop was John England. Charleston is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.[3]
The diocese was created from territories of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.[4] The Diocese of Charleston was canonically erected on July 11, 1820 by Pope Pius VII making it the seventh oldest Roman Catholic diocese in the United States. Then the diocese comprised the states of Georgia, North Carolina, & South Carolina
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[edit] Cathedral
Consecrated on April 6, 1854 the Cathedral of Saint John and Saint Finbar was the original motherchurch of the diocese. On December 11, 1861, it was destroyed in a fire that consumed most of the city. The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist was built to replace the original and sits on the foundation of the ruins.[5]
[edit] List of Bishops[6]
- First Bishop of Charleston, 1820-1842 - Most Rev. John England
- Second Bishop of Charleston, 1843-1855 - Most Rev. Ignatius A. Reynolds
- Third Bishop of Charleston, 1857-1882 - Most Rev. Patrick N. Lynch
- Fourth Bishop of Charleston, 1883-1916 - Most Rev. Henry P. Northrop
- Fifth Bishop of Charleston, 1916-1927 - Most Rev. William T. Russell
- Sixth Bishop of Charleston, 1927-1949 - Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh
- Seventh Bishop of Charleston, 1950-1958 - Most Rev. John J. Russell
- Eighth Bishop of Charleston, 1958-1962 - Most Rev. Paul John Hallinan
- Ninth Bishop of Charleston, 1962-1964 - Most Rev. Francis Frederick Reh
- Tenth Bishop of Charleston, 1964-1990 - Most Rev. Ernest Leo Unterkoefler
- Eleventh Bishop of Charleston, 1990-1999 - Most Rev. David B. Thompson
- Twelfth Bishop of Charleston, 1999-2007 - Most Rev. Robert J. Baker
- sede vacante, August 14, 2007-present
[edit] Schools
[edit] High schools
- Bishop England High School — Charleston
- Cardinal Newman High School — Columbia
- St. Joseph's High School — Greenville
- St. Francis Xavier High School - Sumter
- Bishop Baker High School — Planned to be built in Myrtle Beach
[edit] Primary and elementary schools
- Saint John Catholic School — North Charleston
- Blessed Sacrement — Charleston
- Charleston Catholic School — Charleston
- Christ Our King-Stella Maris — Mount Pleasant
- Nativity School — Charleston
- St. John Neumann Catholic School — Columbia
- St. Joseph's Catholic School — Greenville
- St. Martin de Porres Catholic School — Columbia
- St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic School — Aiken
- St. Peter's Catholic School — Columbia
- Summerville Catholic School — Summerville
- Prince of Peace Catholic School — Taylors
- St. Joseph Catholic School — Anderson
- St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School — Spartanburg
