Diocese of Raleigh
Raleighien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
The Diocese of Raleigh is a Latin Rite diocese covering the eastern half of North Carolina. Erected as a diocese in 1924 from the earlier Vicariate Apostolic of North Carolina, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Atlanta and is led by Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 December 1924
- Latin
- Raleighien(sis)
- Patron
- Santísima Virgen María Inmaculada
- Annuario code
- 001002718
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 510,000
- Population
- 5,305,066
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.6%
- Priests
- 161
- Catholics per priest
- 3,168
- Extent
- 31,875 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Luis Rafael Zarama
- Born
- 28 November 1958
- Birthplace
- Pasto
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
Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral stands in Raleigh, 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 CharlestonCharleston
- Diocese of CharlotteCharlotte
- Diocese of SavannahSavannah
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Eastern North Carolina, in the United States, falls under the Diocese of Raleigh (Latin: Dioecesis Raleighiensis), a Catholic diocese that is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Luis Rafael Zarama serves as bishop, and Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh was recently consecrated.
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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.