Diocese of Charleston
Carolopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Charleston, South Carolina, United States
The Diocese of Charleston, erected in 1820, is coextensive with the state of South Carolina. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, it has been led by Bishop Jacques E. Fabre-Jeune since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 July 1820
- Latin
- Carolopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001001112
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 205,947
- Population
- 5,282,634
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 3.9%
- Priests
- 162
- Catholics per priest
- 1,271
- Extent
- 80,432 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.6
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
- Jacques E. Fabre-Jeune, C.S.
- Born
- 13 November 1955
- Birthplace
- Port-au-Prince
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DI S. CARLO (SCALABRINIANI) (C.S.)
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 John the Baptist stands in Charleston, 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 Atlanta
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Atlanta.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AtlantaAtlanta
- Diocese of CharlotteCharlotte
- Diocese of RaleighRaleigh
- Diocese of SavannahSavannah
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
All of South Carolina falls within the Diocese of Charleston (Latin: Dioecesis Carolopolitana), a Catholic diocese in the United States whose territory covers the entire state. Jacques Fabre-Jeune serves as bishop, and the see is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.