Diocese of Wilmington
Vilmingtonien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
The Diocese of Wilmington is a Latin Church diocese covering Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, erected in 1868 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. William E. Koenig has served as its tenth bishop since his installation in July 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 March 1868
- Latin
- Vilmingtonien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis de Sales
- Annuario code
- 001000157
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 246,174
- Population
- 1,508,853
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 16.3%
- Priests
- 106
- Catholics per priest
- 2,322
- Extent
- 13,916 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
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
- William E. Koenig
- Born
- 17 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn
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 Peter stands in Wilmington, 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 Baltimore
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Baltimore.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BaltimoreBaltimore
- Diocese of ArlingtonArlington
- Diocese of RichmondRichmond
- Diocese of Wheeling-CharlestonWheeling
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Embracing the entire state of Delaware along with the Eastern Shore Region of Maryland, the Diocese of Wilmington (Latin: Dioecesis Wilmingtoniensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the eastern United States. Its bishop is William Koenig.
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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.