Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence

Diocese of Providence Dioecesis Providentiensis
Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, the mother church of the diocese of Providence
Location
Country	United States
Territory	State of Rhode Island
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Hartford
Metropolitan	Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°49′11″N 71°25′00″W / 41.8197°N 71.4168°W / 41.8197; -71.4168Coordinates: 41°49′11″N 71°25′00″W / 41.8197°N 71.4168°W / 41.8197; -71.4168
Population - Catholics	679,000
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	February 17, 1872
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
Patron saint	SS. Peter and Paul
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Thomas J. Tobin Bishop of Providence
Metropolitan Archbishop	Henry J. Mansell Archbishop of Hartford
Website
dioceseofprovidence.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence (Latin: Dioecesis Providentiensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. The diocese was erected by Pope Pius IX on February 17, 1872 and originally comprised the entire state of Rhode Island and the counties of Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in the state of Massachusetts. On March 12, 1904, those four counties were separated from the Diocese of Providence to form the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, leaving the Diocese of Providence with just the state of Rhode Island. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Hartford and a part of the ecclesiastical province that includes that archdiocese and the suffragan dioceses of Bridgeport and Norwich. The Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence is the mother church of the diocese of Providence. The Most Reverend Thomas Joseph Tobin, former Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, is the eighth, and current, Bishop of Providence.

Bishops

1. Thomas F. Hendricken (1872 - 1886)
2. Matthew Harkins (1887 - 1921)
3. William A. Hickey (1921 - 1933)
4. Francis Patrick Keough (1934 - 1947)
5. Russell Joseph McVinney (1948 - 1971)
6. Louis Edward Gelineau (1972 - 1997)
7. Robert Edward Mulvee (1997 - 2005)
8. Thomas Joseph Tobin (2005 - present)

Auxiliary Bishops

1. Thomas F. Doran (1915-1916)
2. Dennis M. Lowney (1917-1918)
3. Thomas F. Maloney (1960-1962)
4. Bernard M. Kelly (1964-1971)
5. Kenneth A. Angell (1974-1992)
6. Robert Joseph McManus (1999-2004)
7. Robert C. Evans (2009- present)

Education

High schools

• Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick
• Bishop Keough Regional High School, Pawtucket
• La Salle Academy, Providence
• Mount Saint Charles Academy, Woonsocket
• Our Lady of Fatima High School, Warren
• Portsmouth Abbey School, Portsmouth
• Prout School, Wakefield
• St. Mary Academy – Bay View, East Providence
• St. Raphael Academy, Pawtucket

List of churches

• St. Ambrose (Albion)
• Our Lady of Victory (Ashaway)
• Holy Angels (Barrington)
• St. Luke (Barrington)
• St. Andrew (Block Island)
• Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Bristol)
• St. Elizabeth (Bristol)
• St. Mary (Bristol)
• Our Lady of Good Help (Burrillville)
• St. Joseph (Burrillville)
• St. Patrick (Burrillville)
• St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (Burrillville)
• St. Mary (and St. James Chapel) (Carolina)
• Holy Spirit Catholic Community (Central Falls)
• St. Joseph (Central Falls)
• St. Lawrence (Centredale)
• St. Eugene's Church (Chepachet)
• Our Lady of Czenstochowa (Coventry)
• SS. John and Paul (Coventry)
• St. Vincent de Paul (Coventry)
• Holy Apostles (Cranston)
• Immaculate Conception (Cranston)
• St. Ann (Cranston)
• St. Mark (Cranston)
• St. Mary (Cranston)
• St. Matthew (Cranston)
• St. Paul (Cranston)
• Our Lady of Fatima (Cumberland)
• St. Aidan (Cumberland)
• St. Joan of Arc (Cumberland)
• St. John Vianney (Cumberland)
• St. Joseph (Cumberland)
• St. Patrick (Cumberland)
• Our Lady of Mercy (East Greenwich)
• Our Lady of Loreto (East Providence)
• Sacred Heart (East Providence)
• St. Brendan's Church (East Providence)
• St. Francis Xavier (East Providence)
• St. Margaret (East Providence)
• St. Martha (East Providence)
• Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Mission (Exeter)
• St. Paul The Apostle (Foster)
• St. Patrick (Harrisville)
• St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (Harrisville)
• St. Joseph (Hope Valley)
• St. Mark (Jamestown)
• Our Lady of Grace (Johnston)
• St. Brigid (Johnston)
• St. Robert Bellarmine (Johnston)
• St. Rocco (Johnston)
• Church of Saint Basil the Great (Melkite) (Lincoln)
• St. Jude (Lincoln)
• St. Catherine (Little Compton)
• St. James (Manville)
• Our Lady of Good Help (Mapleville, a village in Burrillville)
• St. Lucy (Middletown)
• St. Mary, Star of the Sea (Narragansett)
• St. Thomas More (Narragansett)
• St. Patrick (Nasonville, a village in Burrillville)
• Jesus Saviour (Newport)
• St. Augustin (Newport)
• St. Joseph (Newport)
• St. Mary (Newport)
• St. Francis de Sales (North Kingstown)
• Mary, Mother of Mankind (North Providence)
• Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (North Providence)
• St. Anthony (North Providence)
• St. John the Evangelist (North Smithfield)
• Saint Joseph (Pascoag)
• Immaculate Conception (Pawtucket)
• Our Lady of Consolation (Pawtucket)
• Sacred Heart of Jesus (Pawtucket)
• St. Anthony (Pawtucket)
• St. Cecilia (Pawtucket)
• St. Edward (Pawtucket)
• St. John the Baptist (St. Jean-Baptiste) (Pawtucket)
• St. Joseph (Pawtucket)
• St. Leo the Great (Pawtucket)
• St. Maria Goretti (Pawtucket)
• St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception (Pawtucket)
• St. Teresa of the Child Jesus (Pawtucket)
• Trinity - St. George (Pawtucket)
• St. Anthony (Portsmouth)
• St. Barnabas (Portsmouth)
• Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Providence)
• Blessed Sacrament (Providence)
• Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul (Providence)
• Holy Cross (Providence)
• Holy Ghost (Providence)
• Holy Name of Jesus (Providence)
• Our Lady of Lourdes (Providence)
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Providence)
• Our Lady of the Rosary (Providence)
• St. Adalbert (Providence)
• St. Agnes (Providence)
• St. Ann (Providence)
• St. Anthony (Providence)
• St. Augustine (Providence)
• St. Bartholomew (Providence)
• St. Casimir (Providence)
• St. Charles Borromeo (Providence)
• St. Edward (Providence)
• St. Joseph (Providence)
• St. Mary (Providence)
• St. Michael the Archangel (Providence)
• St. Patrick (Providence)
• St. Pius V (Providence)
• St. Raymond (Providence)
• St. Sebastian (Providence)
• St. Teresa of Avila (Providence)
• St. Thomas (Providence)
• St. Brendan's Church (Riverside)
• St. Margaret (Rumford)
• St. Joseph (Scituate)
• St. Michael (Smithfield)
• St. Philip (Smithfield)
• Christ the King (South Kingstown)
• St. Francis of Assisi (South Kingstown)
• Holy Ghost (Tiverton)
• St. Christopher (Tiverton)
• St. Madeleine Sophie (Tiverton)
• St. Theresa (Tiverton)
• Saint Mary of the Bay (Warren)
• St. Alexander (Warren)
• St. Casimir (Warren)
• St. Jean Baptiste (Warren)
• St. Thomas the Apostle (Warren)
• SS Rose and Clement Parish (Warwick)
• St. Benedict (Warwick)
• St. Catherine (Warwick)
• St. Francis of Assisi (Warwick)
• St. Gregory the Great (Warwick)
• St. Kevin (Warwick)
• St. Peter (Warwick)
• St. Rita (Warwick)
• St. Timothy (Warwick)
• St. William (Warwick)
• Christ the King (West Warwick)
• Our Lady of Good Counsel (West Warwick)
• Sacred Heart (West Warwick)
• SS. John & James (West Warwick)
• SS. Peter and Paul (West Warwick)
• St. Anthony (West Warwick)
• St. Joseph (West Warwick)
• St. Mary's Church and Cemetery (West Warwick)
• Immaculate Conception (Westerly)
• St. Clare (Westerly)
• St. Pius X (Westerly)
• St. Vincent de Paul (Westerly)
• St. Bernard (Wickford)
• All Saints Catholic Community (Woonsocket)
• Holy Family (Woonsocket)
• Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs (Woonsocket)
• Precious Blood (Woonsocket)
• Sacred Heart (Woonsocket)
• St. Agatha (Woonsocket)
• St. Anthony (Woonsocket)
• St. Charles Borromeo (Woonsocket)
• St. Elias (Woonsocket)
• St. Joseph (Woonsocket)
• St. Michael (Woonsocket)
• St. Stanislaus Kostka (Woonsocket)

See also

• Sexual abuse scandal in Providence diocese

External links

• Diocese of Providence
• Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul
•  "Diocese of Providence". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.