Diocese of

Burlington

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Burlington / Burlingtonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Boston

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Joseph, Burlington, Vermont
Former Cathedral: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont

Churches by City (127)

Albany (↙), Ogdensburg (↖), Saint-Hyacinthe (↑), Sherbrooke (↗), Manchester (→), Springfield in Massachusetts (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.12.22 – ...):

Bishop Christopher James Coyne (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Burlington (Roman Rite)

Bishop Christopher James Coyne (64)
(2014.12.22 – ...)

Bishop of Burlington (USA)

Trust in the Lord

Born:	1958.06.17 (Woburn, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.03.02

Titular Bishop of Mopta (2011.01.14 – 2014.12.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis (USA) (2011.01.14 – 2014.12.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Indianapolis (USA) (2011.09.21 – 2012.10.18)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (2014.12.22 – ...)

Msgr. John J. McDermott
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.01.03 – 2014.12.22)

Bishop Salvatore Ronald Matano (76)
(2005.11.09 – 2013.11.06)

Bishop of Rochester (USA)

In unitatem fidei

Born:	1946.09.15 (Providence, RI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1971.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.04.19

Coadjutor Bishop of Burlington (USA) (2005.03.03 – 2005.11.09)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (2005.11.09 – 2013.11.06)

Bishop of Rochester (USA) (2013.11.06 – ...)

Bishop Kenneth Anthony Angell
(1992.10.06 – 2005.11.09)

Born:	1930.08.03 (Providence, RI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1956.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.10.07
Died:	2016.10.04 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Septimunicia (1974.08.09 – 1992.10.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Providence (USA) (1974.08.09 – 1992.10.06)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1992.10.06 – 2005.11.09)

Bishop John Aloysius Marshall
(1971.12.14 – 1992)

Born:	1928.04.26 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.01.25
Died:	1994.07.03 († 66)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1971.12.14 – 1992)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1992 – 1994.07.03)

Bishop Robert Francis Joyce
(1956.12.29 – 1971.12.14)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:	1896.10.07 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1923.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.10.28
Died:	1990.09.02 († 93)

Titular Bishop of Citium (1954.07.08 – 1956.12.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1954.07.08 – 1956.12.29)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1956.12.29 – 1971.12.14)

Bishop Edward Francis Ryan
(1944.11.11 – 1956.11.03)

Magnum nomen Domini

Born:	1879.03.10 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1905.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.01.03
Died:	1956.11.03 († 77)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1944.11.11 – 1956.11.03)

Bishop Matthew Francis Brady
(1938.07.30 – 1944.11.11)

Regnet Christus

Born:	1893.01.15 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1916.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.10.26
Died:	1959.09.21 († 66)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1938.07.30 – 1944.11.11)

Bishop of Manchester (USA) (1944.11.11 – 1959.09.21)

Bishop Joseph John Rice
(1910.01.08 – 1938.03.31)

Born:	1871.12.06 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1894.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.04.14
Died:	1938.03.31 († 66)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1910.01.08 – 1938.03.31)

Bishop John Stephen Michaud
(1899.11.03 – 1908.12.22)

Born:	1843.11.24 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1873.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.06.29
Died:	1908.12.22 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Modra (1892.05.04 – 1899.11.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1892.05.04 – 1899.11.03)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1899.11.03 – 1908.12.22)

Bishop Louis Joseph Mary Theodore De Goesbriand
(1853.07.29 – 1899.11.03)

Deus providebit

Born:	1816.08.04 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1840.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1853.10.30
Died:	1899.11.03 († 83)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1853.07.29 – 1899.11.03)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Salvatore Ronald Matano (76) (2005.03.03 – 2005.11.09)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Stephen Michaud (1892.05.04 – 1899.11.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Robert Francis Joyce (1954.07.08 – 1956.12.29)

Contact Info

Address: 351 North Ave., P.O. Box 489, Burlington, VT 05402-0489, USA

Phone: +1 (802) 658-6110

Websites:

Statistics

Area: 23,651 km²

Population: 111,000 Catholics (17.7% of 627,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 68 parishes, 1 mission, 114 priests (76 diocesan, 38 religious), 44 deacons, 112 lay religious (55 brothers, 57 sisters), 6 seminarians (2020)

History

1853.07.29: Established as Diocese of Burlington / Burlingtonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Boston and became suffragan of New York)
1875.02.12: Became suffragan of Boston

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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