Diocese of Norwich
Norvicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Norwich, Connecticut, United States
The Diocese of Norwich is a Latin Church diocese erected in 1953 covering four counties of eastern Connecticut plus Fishers Island, New York. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hartford and led by Bishop Richard F. Reidy since 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 August 1953
- Latin
- Norvicen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001002407
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 228,520
- Population
- 669,430
- Catholic share
- 34.1%
- Priests
- 111
- Catholics per priest
- 2,059
- Extent
- 5,121 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 45
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
- Richard F. Reidy
- Born
- 19 June 1949
- Birthplace
- Sanford
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 Patrick stands in Norwich, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Hartford.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HartfordHartford
- Diocese of BridgeportBridgeport
- Diocese of ProvidenceProvidence
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Spanning territory in Connecticut and New York in the United States, the Diocese of Norwich (Latin: Diœcesis Norvicensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church whose mother church is the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich.
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].