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Diocese of Burlington

Burlingtonen(sis)

The Diocese of Burlington, erected in 1853, is coextensive with the state of Vermont. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Boston, it has been led by Bishop John J. McDermott since 2024.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
29 July 1853
Latin
Burlingtonen(sis)
Patron
Immaculate Conception and Saint Joseph
Annuario code
001000985

The see in figures

Catholics
110,000
Population
661,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
16.6%
Priests
135
Catholics per priest
815
Extent
23,660 km²
Catholics per km²
4.6

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
John J. McDermott
Born
19 March 1963
Birthplace
Red Bank

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Joseph stands in Burlington, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Boston

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Boston.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Erected in 1853, the Diocese of Burlington (Latin: Dioecesis Burlingtonensis) serves the Catholic Church in Vermont in the United States. It stands as a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston, and its mother church is the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Burlington.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.