Diocese of Charlotte, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Charlotte / Carolinan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Atlanta

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte, North Carolina
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians, Belmont, North Carolina
Minor Basilica: Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville, North Carolina
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (96)

Atlanta (↙), Knoxville (←), Richmond (↑), Raleigh (→), Charleston (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2003.08.01 – ...):

Bishop Peter Joseph Jugis (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Charlotte (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Joseph Jugis (65)
(2003.08.01 – ...)

Bishop of Charlotte (USA)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1957.03.03 (Charlotte, NC, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1983.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.10.24

Bishop of Charlotte (USA) (2003.08.01 – ...)

Bishop William George Curlin
(1994.02.22 – 2002.09.10)

Sentire cum Christo

Born:	1927.08.30 (Portsmouth, VA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1957.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.12.20
Died:	2017.12.23 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Rosemarkie (1988.11.02 – 1994.02.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (USA) (1988.11.02 – 1994.02.22)

Bishop of Charlotte (USA) (1994.02.22 – 2002.09.10)

Bishop John Francis Donoghue (later Archbishop)
(1984.11.06 – 1993.06.22)

To live in Christ Jesus

Born:	1928.08.09 (Washington, DC, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1955.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.12.18
Died:	2011.11.11 († 83)

Bishop of Charlotte (USA) (1984.11.06 – 1993.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (USA) (1993.06.22 – 2004.12.09)

Bishop Michael Joseph Begley
(1971.11.30 – 1984.05.29)

Diligimus fratres

Born:	1909.03.12 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1934.03.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.01.12
Died:	2002.02.09 († 92)

Bishop of Charlotte (USA) (1971.11.30 – 1984.05.29)

Contact Info

Address: Chancery Office, 1123 S. Church St., P.O. Box 36776, Charlotte, NC 28236, USA

Phone: +1 (704) 370-6299

Website:

Statistics

Area: 53,476 km²

Population: 291,225 Catholics (5.4% of 5,385,344 total) (2020)

Statistics: 75 parishes, 5 missions, 165 priests (135 diocesan, 30 religious), 133 deacons, 176 lay religious (42 brothers, 134 sisters), 14 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 4

History

1971.11.12: Established as Diocese of Charlotte / Carolinan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Raleigh and became suffragan of Atlanta)
1977.01.01: Gained territory from the suppressed Abbacy nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians