Diocese of Norwich
Norvicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Norwich, Connecticut, United States
The Diocese of Norwich is a Latin Church diocese erected in 1953 covering four counties of eastern Connecticut plus Fishers Island, New York. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hartford and led by Bishop Richard F. Reidy since 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 August 1953
- Latin
- Norvicen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001002407
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 228,520
- Population
- 669,430
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 34.1%
- Priests
- 111
- Catholics per priest
- 2,059
- Extent
- 5,121 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 45
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
- Richard F. Reidy
- Born
- 19 June 1949
- Birthplace
- Sanford
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 Patrick stands in Norwich, 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 Hartford
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Hartford.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HartfordHartford
- Diocese of BridgeportBridgeport
- Diocese of ProvidenceProvidence
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Spanning territory in Connecticut and New York in the United States, the Diocese of Norwich (Latin: Diœcesis Norvicensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church whose mother church is the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich.
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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.