Diocese of Manchester
Manchesterien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
The Diocese of Manchester is the Latin Church diocese covering the entire state of New Hampshire. Erected in 1884, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Boston and is led by Bishop Peter Anthony Libasci.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 April 1884
- Latin
- Manchesterien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph and Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001002135
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 330,160
- Population
- 1,356,458
- Catholic share
- 24.3%
- Priests
- 172
- Catholics per priest
- 1,920
- Extent
- 24,100 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Bishop
- Peter Anthony Libasci
- Born
- 9 November 1951
- Birthplace
- Jackson Heights
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 Joseph stands in Manchester, 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 PortlandPortland
- Diocese of Springfield in MassachusettsSpringfield
- Diocese of WorcesterWorcester
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
New Hampshire's Catholics are served by the Diocese of Manchester (Latin: Diocensis Manchesteriensis), a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Boston. Its mother church is the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester.
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].