Suffragan diocese Portland, Maine, United States
Diocese of Portland
Portlanden(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1853
- Catholics
- 286,095
- Priests
- 136
- Territory
- 85,573 km²
Parishes and churches
48 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. John Paul II ParishScarboroughMass times recorded
- St. John Vianney ParishFort KentMass times recorded
- St. Joseph ParishBridgtonMass times recorded
- St. Joseph ParishEllsworthMass times recorded
- St. Joseph ParishFarmingtonMass times recorded
- St. Kateri Tekakwitha ParishCalaisMass times recorded
- St. Louis ParishPortlandMass times recorded
- St. Mary of the Visitation ParishHoultonMass times recorded
- St. Matthew ParishLimerickMass times recorded
- St. Michael ParishAugustaMass times recorded
- St. Paul the Apostle ParishBangorMass times recorded
- St. Peter Chanel ParishVan BurenMass times recorded
- St. Peter ParishPortlandMass times recorded
- St. Peter the Fisherman ParishMachiasMass times recorded
- St. Rose of Lima ParishJayMass times recorded
- St. Teresa of Calcutta ParishNorwayMass times recorded
- St. Thérèse of Lisieux ParishSanfordMass times recorded
- Stella Maris ParishBucksportMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- James T. Ruggieri
- Born
- 12 January 1968
- Birthplace
- Providence
Explore the ministry of 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.
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.