Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester

Diocese of Manchester Diocensis Manchesteriensis
Location
Country	United States
Territory	New Hampshire
Ecclesiastical province	Boston
Metropolitan	Boston
Coordinates	42°59′52″N 71°27′18″W / 42.99778°N 71.45500°WCoordinates: 42°59′52″N 71°27′18″W / 42.99778°N 71.45500°W
Statistics
Area	9,305 sq mi (24,100 km^2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 1,315,809 309,987 (23.6%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	April 15, 1884
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Joseph
Patron saint	Saint Joseph
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Peter Anthony Libasci
Metropolitan Archbishop	Seán Patrick O'Malley
Auxiliary Bishops	Francis Joseph Christian
Emeritus Bishops	Odore Joseph Gendron Bishop Emeritus (1975-1990) John Brendan McCormack Bishop Emeritus (1998-2011)
Map
Website
catholicnh.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester (Diocensis Manchesteriensis^[1] in Latin) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the region of New England in the United States comprising the entire state of New Hampshire. It is located within the Province of Boston, and its bishop is a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

It is led by a prelate bishop who serves as pastor of the mother church, the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester. The diocese consists of approximately 280 priests, 51 deacons, and 327,600 Catholics in New Hampshire.

Pope Leo XIII erected the Diocese of Manchester by canon on April 15, 1884. Its territories were taken from the Diocese of Portland in the neighboring state of Maine.

Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester

The current bishops are:

• Peter Anthony Libasci, Bishop
• Francis Joseph Christian, Auxiliary Bishop
• Odore Joseph Gendron, Bishop Emeritus
• John Brendan McCormack, Bishop Emeritus

Ordinaries

The list of bishops of the Diocese and their terms of service:

1. Denis Mary Bradley (18 April 1884 Appointed - 13 December 1903 Died)
2. John Bernard Delany (18 April 1904 Appointed - 11 June 1906 Died)
3. George Albert Guertin (16 December 1906 Appointed - 6 August 1931 Died)
4. John Bertram Peterson (13 May 1932 Appointed - 15 March 1944 Died)
5. Matthew Francis Brady (11 November 1944 Appointed - 21 September 1959 Died)
6. Ernest John Primeau (27 November 1959 Appointed - 30 January 1974 Resigned)
7. Odore Joseph Gendron (12 December 1974 Appointed - 12 June 1990 Resigned)
8. Leo Edward O'Neil (12 June 1990 Succeeded - 30 November 1997 Died)
9. John Brendan McCormack (21 July 1998 Appointed - 19 September 2011 Resigned)
10. Peter Anthony Libasci (19 September 2011 Appointed - present )

Parishes

Offices of the Diocese of Manchester

• All Saints, Charlestown
• Blessed John XXIII, Nashua
• Blessed Sacrament, Manchester
• Christ the King, Concord
• Corpus Christi, Portsmouth
• Divine Mercy, Peterborough
• Gate of Heaven, Lancaster
• Good Shepherd, Berlin
• Holy Cross, Derry
• Holy Family, Gorham
• Holy Rosary, Hooksett
• Holy Trinity, Plymouth
• Immaculate Conception, Nashua
• Immaculate Conception, Penacook
• Immaculate Heart of Mary, Concord
• Mary Queen of Peace, Keene
• North American Martyrs, Colebrook
• Our Lady of Fatima, New London
• Our Lady of Lourdes, Pittsfield
• Our Lady of Mercy, Merrimack
• Our Lady of the Cedars (Melkite-Eastern Catholic), Manchester
• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Rochester
• Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Hampton
• Our Lady of the Mountains, North Conway
• Parish of the Assumption, Dover
• Parish of the Resurrection, Nashua
• Parish of the Transfiguration, Manchester
• Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Manchester
• Sacred Heart, Lebanon
• Sacred Heart, Manchester
• Sacred Heart, Wilton
• Sacred Heart of Jesus, Greenville
• St. Aloysius of Gonzaga, Nashua
• St. André Bessette, Laconia
• St. Anne, Hampstead
• St. Anne-St. Augustin, Manchester
• St. Anthony, Sanbornville
• St. Anthony of Padua, Manchester
• St. Bernard, Keene
• St. Catherine of Siena, Manchester
• St. Catherine of Siena, Woodsville
• St. Charles Borromeo, Meredith
• St. Christopher, Nashua
• St. Denis, Hanover
• St. Elizabeth Seton, Bedford
• St. Francis of Assisi, Litchfield
• St. Hedwig, Manchester
• St. Helena, Enfield
• St. Ignatius of Loyola, Somersworth
• St. John Neumann, Merrimack
• St. John the Baptist, Suncook
• St. Joseph, Belmont
• St. Joseph, Center Ossipee
• St. Joseph, Claremont
• St. Joseph, Epping
• St. Joseph, Lincoln
• St. Joseph, Woodsville
• St. Joseph Cathedral, Manchester
• St. Joseph the Worker, Nashua
• St. Jude, Londonderry
• St. Katharine Drexel, Alton
• St. Kathryn, Hudson
• St. Lawrence, Goffstown
• St. Leo, Gonic
• St. Luke the Evangelist, Plaistow
• St. Marguerite d'Youville, Groveton
• St. Mark the Evangelist, Londonderry
• St. Mary, Claremont
• St. Mary, Hillsborough
• St. Mary, Newmarket
• St. Mary, Rochester
• St. Mary, Rollinsford
• St. Mary of the Assumption, Tilton
• St. Matthew, Windham
• St. Michael, Exeter
• St. Patrick, Hampton
• St. Patrick, Jaffrey
• St. Patrick, Milford
• St. Patrick, Nashua
• St. Patrick, Newport
• St. Patrick, Pelham
• St. Paul, Franklin
• St. Peter, Auburn
• St. Peter, Farmington
• St. Pius X, Manchester
• St. Raphael, Manchester
• St. Rose of Lima, Littleton
• St. Theresa, Henniker
• St. Theresa, Rye Beach
• St. Thomas Aquinas, Derry
• St. Thomas More, Durham
• Ste. Marie, Manchester
• Saints Mary and Joseph, Salem^[2]

Education

Superintendents

• Wilfred J. Lessard (c. 1926)
• Rev. William Collins (1940–1948
• Msgr. George Murray (1960-1972)
• Rev. Joseph P. Duffy (1972–1975)
• Msgr. Thomas S. Hansberry (1975–1976) Interim
• Rev. George J. Soberick (1976–1981)
• Br. Roger Lemoyne, SC (1981–1990)
• Br. Joachim Froehlich, OSB (1990–1991)
• Rev. William T. Garland, OSA (1991–1996)
• Ms. Mary Moran (2006–2012)
• Rev. Dennis J. Audet (2012–2013) Interim
• Rev. John R. Fortin, OSB (2013–2016)
• Mr. David Thibault (2016- )

High schools

• Bishop Brady High School, Concord
• Bishop Guertin High School, Nashua
• Holy Family Academy*, Manchester
• Mount Royal Academy, Sunapee
• St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Dover
• Trinity High School, Manchester

Colleges

• Northeast Catholic College*, Warner
• Rivier University*, Nashua
• Saint Anselm College*, Goffstown
• Thomas More College of Liberal Arts*, Merrimack

* Schools operated independent of the Diocese

See also

• Catholic Church by country
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Ecclesiastical Province of Boston
• Global organisation of the Catholic Church
• List of Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
• List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
• List of Catholic dioceses in the United States

References

1. "Diocese of Manchester". Catholic-Hierarchy. 20 January 2015.
2. "Parishes". Diocese of Manchester. Retrieved 2016-03-03.

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester Official Site
• Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Manchester
•  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Manchester". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.