Suffragan diocese Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Diocese of Worcester
Vigornien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Worcester is a Latin Rite diocese in central Massachusetts, erected on January 14, 1950, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Boston. It is led by Bishop Robert J. McManus, with the Cathedral of Saint Paul as its mother church.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1950
- Catholics
- 294,300
- Priests
- 223
- Territory
- 3,966 km²
Parishes and churches
88 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sacred Heart of JesusMilfordMass times recorded
- Sacred Heart of JesusWorcesterView parish
- St. Aloysius–St. JudeLeicesterMass times recorded
- St. AnnaLeominsterView parish
- St. AnneShrewsburyView parish
- St. AnneSouthboroughView parish
- St. Anne (Shrine)FiskdaleView parish
- St. Anne–St. PatrickFiskdaleView parish
- St. Anthony di PaduaFitchburgMass times recorded
- St. AugustineMillvilleView parish
- St. Benedict (Latin) Chapel of the Immaculate Heart of MaryStill RiverMass times recorded
- St. BernadetteNorthboroView parish
- St. BonifaceLunenburgMass times recorded
- St. BrigidMillburyMass times recorded
- St. Camillus de Lellis St. Bernard ParishFitchburgView parish
- St. CeciliaLeominsterMass times recorded
- St. ChristopherWorcesterView parish
- St. ColumbaPaxtonView parish
- St. Edward the ConfessorWestminsterView parish
- St. Francis of AssisiFitchburgMass times recorded
- St. Francis Xavier Holy Trinity ParishBoltonView parish
- St. Gabriel the ArchangelUptonView parish
- St. GeorgeWorcesterView parish
- St. Hedwig Parish of St. John Paul IISouthbridgeView parish
- St. JamesSouth GraftonView parish
- St. JohnWorcesterMass times recorded
- St. John the Evangelist St. John the Guardian of Our Lady ParishClintonView parish
- St. JosephAuburnMass times recorded
- St. JosephCharltonView parish
- St. JosephFitchburgView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Robert J. McManus
- Born
- 5 July 1951
- Birthplace
- Providence
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Paul stands in Worcester, 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
Central Massachusetts in the United States is home to the Diocese of Worcester (Latin: Diœcesis Wigorniensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church whose territory is Worcester County. It stands as a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston. Paul the Apostle is the diocesan patron, and the Cathedral of Saint Paul in the city of Worcester serves as its mother church. Robert McManus, the fifth bishop, currently leads the see.