Diocese of Portland
Portlanden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Portland, Maine, United States
The Diocese of Portland is a Latin Church diocese covering the entire state of Maine, erected in 1853 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Boston. Its current ordinary is Bishop James T. Ruggieri, installed in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 July 1853
- Latin
- Portlanden(sis)
- Patron
- Imaculada Conceição, São João Batista, São Patrício
- Annuario code
- 001002639
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 286,095
- Population
- 1,362,357
- Catholic share
- 21.0%
- Priests
- 136
- Catholics per priest
- 2,104
- Extent
- 85,573 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.3
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
- James T. Ruggieri
- Born
- 12 January 1968
- 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 the Immaculate Conception stands in Portland, 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 Springfield in MassachusettsSpringfield
- Diocese of WorcesterWorcester
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The entire state of Maine in the United States falls within the Diocese of Portland (Latin: Dioecesis Portlandensis), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland, and James T. Ruggieri serves as bishop.
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].