Diocese of Manchester
Manchesterien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
The Diocese of Manchester is the Latin Church diocese covering the entire state of New Hampshire. Erected in 1884, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Boston and is led by Bishop Peter Anthony Libasci.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 April 1884
- Latin
- Manchesterien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph and Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001002135
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 330,160
- Population
- 1,356,458
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 24.3%
- Priests
- 172
- Catholics per priest
- 1,920
- Extent
- 24,100 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Peter Anthony Libasci
- Born
- 9 November 1951
- Birthplace
- Jackson Heights
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 Manchester, 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:
- Archdiocese of BostonBoston
- Diocese of BurlingtonBurlington
- Diocese of Fall RiverFall River
- Diocese of PortlandPortland
- Diocese of Springfield in MassachusettsSpringfield
- Diocese of WorcesterWorcester
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
New Hampshire's Catholics are served by the Diocese of Manchester (Latin: Diocensis Manchesteriensis), a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Boston. Its mother church is the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester.
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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.