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The Diocese of Wilmington (Latin: Dioecesis Wilmingtoniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory – or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the eastern United States. The diocese comprises the entire state of Delaware and the Eastern Shore Region of Maryland.
The diocese covers the entire state of Delaware and the Eastern Shore region of Maryland. [1] The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington, Delaware . The active parishes in the archdiocese are divided here into deaneries.
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
In 1868, Pope Pius IX erected the Diocese of Wilmington. This action prompted the new diocese to prepare Saint Peter's for consecration as a cathedral.Starting in 1870, the diocese added frescoes, a marble baptistery, three altars, a chancel railing, a barrel-domed roof, and a bishop's cathedra to the church.
St. Joseph on the Brandywine, originally Saint Joseph's Church until St. Joseph's Church – Wilmington was built in 1947, is a parish of the Catholic Church in Greenville, Delaware, United States, in the Diocese of Wilmington. It is a historic parish church complex and national historic district located on Old Church Road. Since 2002 its old ...
Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
St. Joseph's was founded by the Josephites, who established community services for the Wilmington African-American community dating from the late-1880s.. It later changed hands, ending up with the Franciscans, who relinquished administration in Fall 2020 to the Diocese of Wilmington.
Pages in category "Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .