- Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
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Diocese of Wilmington
Dioecesis Wilmingtoniensis
Location Country United States of America Territory The State of Delaware and nine counties in Eastern Maryland Ecclesiastical province Province of Baltimore Metropolitan Wilmington, Delaware Population
- Catholics
225,000Information Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Latin Rite Established March 3, 1868 Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Peter Patron saint St. Francis de Sales Current leadership Bishop William Francis Malooly
Bishop of WilmingtonMetropolitan Archbishop Vacant
Archbishop of BaltimoreMap 
Website cdow.org The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the eastern United States and comprises the entire state of Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It is led by Bishop William Francis Malooly, whose seat is the Cathedral of Saint Peter in the City of Wilmington.
The Diocese publishes a newspaper, The Dialog, which underwent a circulation and format transformation in 2011 as a result of financial pressures.[1]
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History
The first Roman Catholic mission in Delaware was established in 1804 by Rev. Patrick Kenney on the site of the Coffee Run Cemetery in Mill Creek, Delaware. The mission appears on the National Register of Historic Places.[2] The diocese was canonically erected on March 3, 1868 by Pope Pius IX. It took its territories from the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the then Diocese of Philadelphia, and also received the 2 eastern-shore counties of Virginia, thus extending all the way down the Delmarva Peninsula. The Virginia part was returned to the Diocese of Richmond in 1974, leaving the Diocese of Wilmington with all of Delaware and the 9 eastern-shore counties of Maryland. In 2009, the diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the face of financial liabilities from lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by priests.[3] A settlement was reached in February 2011, implementation of which had not yet occurred by May 2011.[4]
Diocesan bishops
For more details on this topic, see Diocesan bishop#Roman Catholic Church.- † Thomas Albert Andrew Becker (1868–1886), appointed Bishop of Savannah
- † Alfred Allen Paul Curtis (1886–1896)
- † John James Joseph Monaghan (1897–1925)
- † Edmond John Fitzmaurice (1925–1960)
- † Michael William Hyle (1960–1967)
- † Thomas Joseph Mardaga (1968–1984)
- Robert Edward Mulvee (1985–1995), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Providence
- † Michael Angelo Saltarelli (1995–2008)
- William Francis Malooly (2008–present)
High schools
- Archmere Academy *, Claymont, DE
- Padua Academy, Wilmington, DE
- Saints Peter and Paul High School, Easton, MD
- St. Elizabeth High School, Wilmington, DE
- St. Mark's High School, Wilmington, DE
- St. Thomas More Preparatory, Magnolia, DE
- Salesianum School *, Wilmington, DE
- Ursuline Academy *, Wilmington, DE
- * Privately operated
Ecclesiastical province
See also
- Resurrection Catholic Parish (Wilmington)
- St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church (Wilmington, Delaware)
- St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Wilmington, Delaware
- Serviam Girls Academy
- List of the Catholic cathedrals of the United States
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Notes
- ^ Soulsman, Gary (19 August 2011), "$150,000 gift allows Dialog to survive", The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware: Gannett), http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110820/LIFE1001/108200303/-1/NLETTER01/-150-000-gift-allows-Dialog-to-survive, retrieved 20 August 2011
- ^ Tangel, Andrew (2005-12-01). "Death knell may sound for historic farm buildings". The News Journal. pp. B1–B2. Archived from the original on February 22, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070222191007/http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051201/NEWS/512010347/1006. Retrieved 2006-06-08.Note: the title of the on-line article differs from the title of the article as it appeared in print
- ^ Urbina, Ian (19 October 2009), "Delaware Diocese Files for Bankruptcy in Wake of Abuse Suits", The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/us/20delaware.html, retrieved 15 May 2011
- ^ Miller, Beth (15 May 2011), "Catholic Diocese of Wilmington returns to US court", The News Journal (New Castle, Delaware: Gannett), http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110515/NEWS01/105150374/-1/NLETTER01/Diocese-returns-to-US-court, retrieved 15 May 2011
External links
Categories:- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Baltimore
- Christianity in Delaware
- Christianity in Maryland
- Religious organizations established in 1868
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century
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