Diocese of

Raleigh

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Raleigh / Raleighien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Atlanta

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Cathedral: Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral, Raleigh, North Carolina
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilica Shrine of St. Mary, Wilmington, North Carolina
Former Cathedral: Church of the Sacred Heart, Raleigh, North Carolina
Former Cathedral (now secular): Former Pro-Cathedral of St. Thomas the Apostle, Wilmington, North Carolina
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (99)

Charleston (↙), Charlotte (←), Richmond (↑)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.07.05 – ...):

Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Raleigh (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto (64)
(2017.07.05 – ...)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA)

Deus caritas est

Born:	1958.11.28 (Pasto, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1993.11.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.09.29

Titular Bishop of Bararus (2009.07.27 – 2017.07.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (USA) (2009.07.27 – 2017.07.05)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (2017.07.05 – ...)

Bishop Michael Francis Burbidge (65)
(2006.06.08 – 2016.10.04)

Bishop of Arlington (USA)

Walk humbly with God

Born:	1957.06.16 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1984.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.09.05

Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird (2002.06.21 – 2006.06.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (2002.06.21 – 2006.06.08)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (2006.06.08 – 2016.10.04)

Bishop of Arlington (USA) (2016.10.04 – ...)

Bishop Francis Joseph Gossman
(1975.04.08 – 2006.06.08)

To serve, not be served

Born:	1930.04.01 (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.09.11
Died:	2013.08.12 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Aguntum (1968.07.15 – 1975.04.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA) (1968.07.15 – 1975.04.08)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (1975.04.08 – 2006.06.08)

Bishop Vincent Stanislaus Waters
(1945.03.15 – 1974.12.03)

Omnia per Mariam

Born:	1904.08.15 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1931.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.05.15
Died:	1974.12.03 († 70)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (1945.03.15 – 1974.12.03)

Bishop Eugene Joseph McGuinness
(1937.10.13 – 1944.11.11)

Born:	1889.09.06 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1915.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.12.21
Died:	1957.12.27 († 68)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (1937.10.13 – 1944.11.11)

Titular Bishop of Ilium (1944.11.11 – 1948.02.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA) (1944.11.11 – 1948.02.01)

Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA) (1948.02.01 – 1957.12.27)

Bishop William Joseph Hafey
(1925.04.06 – 1937.10.02)

Born:	1888.03.19 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1914.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.06.24
Died:	1954.05.12 († 66)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (1925.04.06 – 1937.10.02)

Titular Bishop of Appia (1937.10.02 – 1938.03.25)

Coadjutor Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1937.10.02 – 1938.03.25)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1938.03.25 – 1954.05.12)

Vicars Apostolic of North Carolina (Roman Rite)

Bishop Leo Michael Haid, O.S.B.
(1888.02.04 – 1924.07.24)

Born:	1849.07.15 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1872.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1888.07.01
Died:	1924.07.24 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Messene (1888.02.04 – 1924.07.24)

Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina (USA) (1888.02.04 – 1924.07.24)

President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation (1890 – 1896)

Abbot nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians (USA) (1910.06.08 – 1924.07.24)

Bishop Henry Pinckney Northrop
(1881.09.16 – 1888.02.04)

Born:	1842.05.05 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1865.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1882.01.08
Died:	1916.06.07 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Rosalia (1881.09.16 – 1883.01.27)

Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina (USA) (1881.09.16 – 1888.02.04)

Bishop of Charleston (USA) (1883.01.27 – 1916.06.07)

Fr. Stanislaus Mark Gross
(1880.02.24 – 1881 not possessed)

Titular Bishop of Lyrba (1880.02.24 – 1881 not possessed)

Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina (USA) (1880.02.24 – 1881 not possessed)

Bishop James Gibbons (later Cardinal)
(1868.03.03 – 1877.05.20)

Emitte spiritum tuum

Born:	1834.07.23 (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1861.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.08.16
Created Cardinal:	1886.06.07
Died:	1921.03.24 (Baltimore, MD, USA † 86)

Titular Bishop of Adramyttium (1868.03.03 – 1872.07.30)

Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina (USA) (1868.03.03 – 1877.05.20)

Bishop of Richmond (USA) (1872.07.30 – 1877.05.29)

Titular Archbishop of Ionopolis (1877.05.29 – 1877.10.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Baltimore (USA) (1877.05.29 – 1877.10.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA) (1877.10.03 – 1921.03.24)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1887.03.17 – 1921.03.24)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1920.12.07 – 1921.03.24)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop George Edward Lynch (1969.10.20 – 1985.04.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Charles Borromeo McLaughlin (1964.01.13 – 1968.05.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Johnston Navagh (1952.07.29 – 1957.05.08)

Contact Info

Address: 715 Nazareth St., Raleigh, NC 27606, USA

Phone: +1 (919) 821-9700

Websites:

Statistics

Area: 82,556 km²

Population: 232,693 Catholics (4.5% of 5,147,721 total) (2020)

Statistics: 80 parishes, 6 missions, 160 priests (112 diocesan, 48 religious), 91 deacons, 76 lay religious (52 brothers, 24 sisters), 20 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 26 (2017)

History

1868.03.03: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of North Carolina (from Diocese of Charleston)
1910.06.08: Lost territory to establish Abbacy nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians
1924.12.12: Promoted as Diocese of Raleigh / Raleighien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Baltimore)
1944.04.17: Gained territory from Abbacy nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians
1960.03.26: Gained territory from Abbacy nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians
1962.02.10: Became suffragan of Atlanta
1971.11.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Charlotte

Last updated on 2023.02.02

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