- Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston
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Diocese of Charleston
Dioecesis CarolopolitanaLocation Country United States Territory State of:South Carolina Ecclesiastical province Archdiocese of Atlanta Metropolitan Charleston, South Carolina, South Carolina Statistics Population
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192,160Information Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Roman Rite Established July 11, 1820 Cathedral Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist Patron saint St. John the Baptist Current leadership Pope Benedict XVI Bishop Most Rev. Robert E. Guglielmone, D.D.,
13th Bishop of CharlestonMetropolitan Archbishop Most Rev. Wilton D. Gregory, D.D.,
Archbishop of AtlantaVicars General Very Rev. Msgr. Richard Harris, V.G. Emeritus Bishops Most Rev. David B. Thompson, D.D., J.C.L.
11th Bishop of CharlestonWebsite catholic-doc.org The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States and comprises the entire state of South Carolina,[1] with Charleston as its see city. Currently, the diocese consists of 92 parishes and 24 missions throughout the state.[2] It is led by the Most Rev. Robert Guglielmone, the Thirteenth Bishop of Charleston, who serves as pastor of the mother church, Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in the City of Charleston.[3] Its first bishop was John England. Charleston is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.[4]
The diocese was created from territories of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.[1] The Diocese of Charleston was canonically erected on July 11, 1820 by Pope Pius VII making it the seventh oldest Roman Catholic diocese in the United States. At that time, the diocese comprised the states of Georgia, North Carolina, & South Carolina
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Cathedral
Consecrated on April 6, 1854 the Cathedral of Saint John and Saint Finbar was the original motherchurch of the diocese. On December 11, 1861, it was destroyed in a fire that consumed most of the city. The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist was built to replace the original and sits on the foundation of the ruins.[5] Before the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh was formed, the Diocese of Charleston had a pro-cathedral in Wilmington, North Carolina, that is now St. Mary Catholic Church.
List of Bishops
The complete list of Bishops is as follows:[1]
- Right Rev. John England 1820 -1842
- Right Rev. Ignatius A. Reynolds 1843 -1855
- Right Rev. Patrick N. Lynch 1857 -1882
- Right Rev. Henry P. Northrop 1883 -1916
- Most Rev. William Thomas Russell 1916 -1927
- Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh 1927 -1949
- Most Rev. John J. Russell 1950 -1958
- Most Rev. Paul John Hallinan 1958 -1962
- Most Rev. Francis Frederick Reh 1962 -1964
- Most Rev. Ernest Leo Unterkoefler 1964 -1990
- Most Rev. David B. Thompson 1990 -1999
- Most Rev. Robert J. Baker 1999 -2007
- Most Rev. Robert E. Guglielmone 2009 – present
Departments
Newspaper
The Catholic Miscellany, successor to the U.S. Catholic Miscellany, the first Catholic newspaper in the United States, is the official newspaper of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston.
Schools
- Superintendent of Schools:
- Sr. Canice Adams, SSCM, Interim-Superintendent
- Jacqualine Kasprowski, Interim-Superintendent
High schools
Diocesan High schools
- Bishop England High School – Charleston
- Cardinal Newman High School – Forest Acres
- Bishop Baker High School – Planned to be built in Myrtle Beach
- Pope John Paul II High School – Planned to be built in Beaufort
Private High schools
- St. Joseph's Catholic School – Greenville
- St. Francis Xavier High School – Sumter
Parochial Elementary schools
- Saint John Catholic School – North Charleston
- Blessed Sacrament School – Charleston
- Charleston Catholic School – Charleston
- Christ Our King-Stella Maris – Mount Pleasant
- Nativity School – Charleston
- St. John Neumann Catholic School – Columbia
- St. Joseph Catholic School – Columbia
- St. Joseph Catholic School – Anderson
- St. Martin de Porres Catholic School – Columbia
- St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic School – Aiken
- St. Peter Catholic School – Columbia
- Summerville Catholic School – Summerville
- Prince of Peace Catholic School – Taylors
- St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School – Spartanburg
- St. Francis by the Sea Catholic School – Hilton Head
See also
- List of Roman Catholic Churches in the Diocese of Charleston
- The Catholic Miscellany
References
- ^ a b c David M. Cheney (February 19, 2011). "Charleston (Diocese)". [Catholic-Hierarchy]. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dchas.html. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
- ^ "The Catholic Diocese of Charleston". Catholic-doc.org. http://www.catholic-doc.org. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
- ^ Welcome To The Cathedral Of St. John the Baptist[dead link]
- ^ "Province of Atlanta | Archdiocese of Atlanta". Archatl.com. February 21, 1962. http://www.archatl.com/about/provinceofatlanta.html. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
- ^ Cathedral History[dead link]
Resources
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston
- Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Charleston
- Saint John Catholic Church, North Charleston
- Prince of Peace Catholic School, Taylors
Coordinates: 32°46′33″N 79°56′03″W / 32.77583°N 79.93417°W
Categories:- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Atlanta
- Christianity in South Carolina
- Religious organizations established in 1820
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century
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