Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester
Diocensis Manchesteriensis
Basic information
Location	Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
Territory	New Hampshire
Population	327,353 Catholics[1]
Rite	Roman Rite
Patron	Saint Joseph
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Boston
Established	April 15, 1884
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Joseph
Bishop	John Brendan McCormack
Website	Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Diocesan Bishop	John Brendan McCormack Bishop of Manchester
Auxiliary bishops	Francis Joseph Christian

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester (Diocensis Manchesteriensis in Latin) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the region of New England in the United States comprising the entire state of New Hampshire. It is located within the Province of Boston, and is under the government of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

It is led by a prelate bishop who serves as pastor of the motherchurch, Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester. The diocese consists of approximately 280 priests, 51 deacons, and 327,600 Catholic faithful in New Hampshire.

The Diocese of Manchester was canonically erected on April 15, 1884 by Pope Leo XIII. Its territories were taken from the Diocese of Portland in the neighboring state of Maine.

The current bishops are:

• His Excellency John Brendan McCormack, Bishop
• His Excellency Francis Joseph Christian, Auxiliary Bishop
• His Excellency Odore Joseph Gendron, Bishop Emeritus

Contents 1 Ordinaries 2 High schools 3 Resources 4 References

[edit] Ordinaries

Bishops of the Diocese and their terms of office:

• Denis Mary Bradley (18 April 1884 Appointed - 13 December 1903 Died)
• John Bernard Delany (18 April 1904 Appointed - 11 June 1906 Died)
• George Albert Guertin (16 December 1906 Appointed - 6 August 1931 Died)
• John Bertram Peterson (13 May 1932 Appointed - 15 March 1944 Died)
• Matthew Francis Brady (11 November 1944 Appointed - 21 September 1959 Died)
• Ernest John Primeau (27 November 1959 Appointed - 30 January 1974 Resigned)
• Odore Joseph Gendron (12 December 1974 Appointed - 12 June 1990 Resigned)
• Leo Edward O'Neil (12 June 1990 Succeeded - 30 November 1997 Died)
• John Brendan McCormack (21 July 1998 Appointed - present )

[edit] High schools

• Bishop Brady High School, Concord
• Bishop Guertin High School, Nashua
• Holy Family Academy, Manchester
• Immaculate Conception Apostolic School, Center Harbor
• Mount Royal Academy, Sunapee
• St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Dover
• Trinity High School, Manchester

[edit] Resources

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester
• Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Manchester
•   "Diocese of Manchester". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company. 

[edit] References

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