Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester (Diocensis Manchesteriensis 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 Archdiocese of Boston, and is under the government of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
It is led by a prelate bishop which serves as pastor of the motherchurch, Cathedral of Saint Joseph in the Manchester. The diocese consists of approximately 290 priests, 51 deacons, and 327,600 Catholic faithful in New Hampshire.
The Diocese of Manchester was canonically erected on April 15, 1884 by Pope Leo XIII. Its territories were taken from the Diocese of Portland in the neighboring state of Maine.
The current bishops are:
- His Excellency John Brendan McCormack, Bishop
- His Excellency Francis Joseph Christian, Auxiliary Bishop
- His Excellence Odore Joseph Gendron, Bishop Emeritus
[edit] Ordinaries
Here is the list of the Bishops of the Diocese and their terms of Office
- Denis Mary Bradley (18 April 1884 Appointed - 13 December 1903 Died)
- John Bernard Delany (18 April 1904 Appointed - 11 June 1906 Died)
- George Albert Guertin (16 December 1906 Appointed - 6 August 1931 Died)
- John Bertram Peterson (13 May 1932 Appointed - 15 March 1944 Died)
- Matthew Francis Brady (11 November 1944 Appointed - 21 September 1959 Died)
- Ernest John Primeau (27 November 1959 Appointed - 30 January 1974 Resigned)
- Odore Joseph Gendron (12 December 1974 Appointed - 12 June 1990 Resigned)
- Leo Edward O'Neil (12 June 1990 Succeeded - 30 November 1997 Died)
- John Brendan McCormack (21 July 1998 Appointed - present )
