Diocese of Worcester
Vigornien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
The Diocese of Worcester is a Latin Rite diocese in central Massachusetts, erected on January 14, 1950, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Boston. It is led by Bishop Robert J. McManus, with the Cathedral of Saint Paul as its mother church.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 January 1950
- Latin
- Vigornien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Paul the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001000166
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 294,300
- Population
- 863,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 34.1%
- Priests
- 223
- Catholics per priest
- 1,320
- Extent
- 3,966 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 74
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
- Robert J. McManus
- Born
- 5 July 1951
- Birthplace
- Providence
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 Paul stands in Worcester, 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 ManchesterManchester
- Diocese of PortlandPortland
- Diocese of Springfield in MassachusettsSpringfield
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Central Massachusetts in the United States is home to the Diocese of Worcester (Latin: Diœcesis Wigorniensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church whose territory is Worcester County. It stands as a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston. Paul the Apostle is the diocesan patron, and the Cathedral of Saint Paul in the city of Worcester serves as its mother church. Robert McManus, the fifth bishop, currently leads the see.
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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.