Diocese of Raleigh
Raleighien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
The Diocese of Raleigh is a Latin Rite diocese covering the eastern half of North Carolina. Erected as a diocese in 1924 from the earlier Vicariate Apostolic of North Carolina, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Atlanta and is led by Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 December 1924
- Latin
- Raleighien(sis)
- Patron
- Santísima Virgen María Inmaculada
- Annuario code
- 001002718
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 510,000
- Population
- 5,305,066
- Catholic share
- 9.6%
- Priests
- 161
- Catholics per priest
- 3,168
- Extent
- 31,875 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Luis Rafael Zarama
- Born
- 28 November 1958
- Birthplace
- Pasto
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
Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral stands in Raleigh, 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 Atlanta
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Atlanta.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AtlantaAtlanta
- Diocese of CharlestonCharleston
- Diocese of CharlotteCharlotte
- Diocese of SavannahSavannah
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Eastern North Carolina, in the United States, falls under the Diocese of Raleigh (Latin: Dioecesis Raleighiensis), a Catholic diocese that is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Luis Rafael Zarama serves as bishop, and Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh was recently consecrated.
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].