Archdiocese of Hartford
Hartfortien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Hartford, Connecticut, United States
The Archdiocese of Hartford serves Hartford, Litchfield, and New Haven counties in Connecticut. Erected as a diocese in 1843 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1953, it is the metropolitan see for the Province of Hartford with suffragans Bridgeport, Norwich, and Providence.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 November 1843
- Latin
- Hartfortien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001583
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 538,185
- Population
- 1,949,519
- Catholic share
- 27.6%
- Priests
- 296
- Catholics per priest
- 1,818
- Extent
- 5,926 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 91
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Archbishop
- Christopher J. Coyne
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 St. Joseph stands in Hartford, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BridgeportBridgeport
- Diocese of NorwichNorwich
- Diocese of ProvidenceProvidence
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established as the Diocese of Hartford in 1843, the Archdiocese of Hartford (Latin: Archidioecesis Hartfortiensis) is a metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Connecticut in the United States, its ecclesiastical province also containing the dioceses of Bridgeport, Norwich, and Providence. The archdiocese covers Hartford, Litchfield and New Haven counties, with the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford as its mother church. Christopher J. Coyne is the archbishop.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].