Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich
| Diocese of Norwich Dioecesis Norvicensis | |
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 Coat of Arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Middlesex County, New London County, Windham County, Tolland County, Connecticut, and Fishers Island, New York. |
| Ecclesiastical province | Hartford |
| Metropolitan | Leonard Paul Blair |
| Coordinates | 41°31′50″N 72°04′38″W / 41.53056°N 72.07722°WCoordinates: 41°31′50″N 72°04′38″W / 41.53056°N 72.07722°W |
| Population - Catholics |
228,520 (32.1%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | August 6, 1953 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Patrick |
| Patron saint |
St. Anne St. Patrick |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Michael Richard Cote |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| norwichdiocese.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory or diocese in Connecticut and parts of New York. It was created on August 6, 1953 by Pope Pius XII.
Its canonical territory consists of the Connecticut counties of Middlesex, New London, Windham and Tolland. It also includes Fishers Island, N.Y. (Suffolk County). From 1781, Lebanon, just northwest of Norwich, is the place in which the Catholic "Mass was first celebrated, continuously and for a long period, within the limits of the State of Connecticut."[1]
Bishops
Bishops of Norwich
- Bernard Joseph Flanagan (1953-1959), appointed Bishop of Worcester
- Vincent Joseph Hines (1959-1975)
- Daniel Patrick Reilly (1975-1994), appointed Bishop of Worcester
- Daniel Anthony Hart (1995-2003)
- Michael Richard Cote (2003-present)
Other priests of the diocese who became bishops
- Paul S. Loverde, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford and later Bishop of Ogdensburg and Bishop of Arlington
High schools
- Academy of the Holy Family, Baltic
- Marianapolis Preparatory School, Thompson
- Mercy High School, Middletown
- Saint Bernard High School, Uncasville
- Xavier High School, Middletown
See also
- Catholic Church by country
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Ecclesiastical Province of Hartford
- Global organisation of the Catholic Church
- List of Roman Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
References
- ↑ Right Rev. Thomas S. Duggan, D.D., The Catholic Church in Connecticut, 1930, p.13-14
External links
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich Official Site
- Hart, Daniel, Most Rev. (1998). "Catholic Diocese of Norwich Connecticut". Retrieved March 3, 2006.
- Catholic Hierarchy
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Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Hartford | |
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