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Diocese of Manchester Diocensis Manchesteriensis | |
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Catholic | |
Cathedral of St. Joseph | |
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Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Territory | New Hampshire |
Ecclesiastical province | Boston |
Metropolitan | Boston |
Headquarters | Manchester, New Hampshire |
Coordinates | 42°59′52″N 71°27′17″W / 42.99773010°N 71.45476170°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 9,305 sq mi (24,100 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 1,356,458 330,160 (24.3%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | April 15, 1884 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Joseph |
Patron saints | Saint Joseph Saint Patrick[1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Peter Anthony Libasci |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Seán Patrick O'Malley |
Bishops emeritus | Francis Joseph Christian Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1996-2018) |
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The Diocese of Manchester (Latin: Diocensis Manchesteriensis[2]) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church for New Hampshire in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Boston.
The mother church of the Diocese of Manchester is the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester.[3] Its patron saints are St. Joseph and St. Patrick.