The Diocese of Manchester la, Diocensis Manchesteriensis
is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese of the
Catholic Church in the region of
New England in the
United States, comprising the entire
state of
New Hampshire.
It is a
suffragan diocese in the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
metropolitan
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Archbishop of Boston
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, and its
bishop
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is a member of the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and its Region I (provinces of Boston and
Hartford).
Its leading
prelate
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also serves as
pastor of the
mother church, the
Cathedral of St. Joseph in
Manchester.
History
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII ( it, Leone XIII; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the second-old ...
erected the Diocese of Manchester by canon on April 15, 1884, taking the territory of the State of New Hampshire from the
Diocese of Portland in the neighboring state of
Maine and making it a suffragan of the
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston. With this action, each state became a separate diocese.
Sexual abuse
On July 31, 2019, the Diocese of New Hampshire released a list of 73 priests and religious order members who were "credibly accused" of committing acts of sexual abuse.
Some of those listed were criminally convicted, defrocked, removed from public ministry, or died without receiving punishment.
Statistics
As per 2018, the diocese pastorally served 322,258 Catholics (24.3% of 1,326,813 total population) on 24,097 km² in 89 parishes with 185
priests (121 diocesan, 38 religious, 26 extern), 73
deacons, 314 lay religious (15 brothers, 299 sisters) and 14 seminarians.
Bishops
Bishops of Manchester
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Denis Mary Bradley (1883–1904)
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John Bernard Delany (1904–1906)
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George Albert Guertin (1906–1931)
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John Bertram Peterson
John Bertram Peterson (July 15, 1871 – March 15, 1944) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire from 1932 until his death in 1944. He previously served as an aux ...
(1932–1944)
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Matthew Francis Brady
Matthew Francis Brady (January 15, 1893 – September 20, 1959) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Burlington in Vermont (1938–1944) and bishop of the Diocese of Manchester in New Ham ...
(1944–1959)
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Ernest John Primeau (1960–1974)
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Odore Joseph Gendron (1974–1990)
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Leo Edward O'Neil (1990–1997;
coadjutor bishop
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1989–1990)
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John Brendan McCormack (1998–2011)
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Peter Anthony Libasci
Peter Anthony Libasci (born November 9, 1951) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as the Bishop of the Diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire since 2011. Libasci previously served as an auxiliary bishop of ...
(2011–present)
Auxiliary bishops
*
Robert Edward Mulvee (1977–1985), appointed
Bishop of Wilmington and later
Coadjutor Bishop of Providence, subsequently succeeding to that see
*
Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. (1986–1988), appointed
Bishop of Portland
*
Francis Joseph Christian (1996–2018)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
*
Thomas Michael O'Leary
Thomas Michael O'Leary (August 16, 1875 – October 10, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts from 1921 until his death in 1949.
Biography
Earl ...
, appointed
Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts in 1921
Parishes
The parishes in the diocese are as follows:
* All Saints,
Charlestown
* Blessed John XXIII,
Nashua
* Blessed Sacrament,
Manchester
* Christ the King,
Concord
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* Corpus Christi,
Portsmouth
* Divine Mercy,
Peterborough
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* Gate of Heaven,
Lancaster
*
Good Shepherd
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,
Berlin
* Holy Cross,
Derry
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* Holy Family,
Gorham
* Holy Rosary,
Hooksett
* Holy Trinity,
Plymouth
* Immaculate Conception,
Nashua
* Immaculate Conception,
Penacook
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* Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Concord
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Meaning "agreement"
* Pact or treaty, frequently between nations (indicating a condition of harmony)
* Harmony, in music
* Agreement (linguistics), a change in the form of a word depending on grammatical features of other ...
* Mary Queen of Peace,
Hinsdale and
Winchester
* North American Martyrs,
Colebrook
* Our Lady of Fatima,
New London
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Places United States
* New London, Alabama
*New London, Connecticut
* New London, Indiana
* New London, Iowa
* New London, Maryland
* New London, Minnesota
* New London, Missouri
*New London, New Hampshire, a New England t ...
* Our Lady of Lourdes,
Pittsfield
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* Our Lady of Mercy,
Merrimack
* Our Lady of the Cedars (
Melkite-
Eastern Catholic),
Manchester
*
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
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The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, formerly known as Feast of Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary is celebrated on 7 October in the General Rom ...
,
Rochester
* Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal,
Hampton
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* Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia
* Hampton, New South Wales
* Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
* Hampton, Victoria
Canada
*Hampton, New Brunswick
* ...
* Our Lady of the Mountains,
North Conway
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* Parish of the Assumption,
Dover
* Parish of the Holy Spirit,
Keene and
Troy
* Parish of the Resurrection,
Nashua
* Parish of the Transfiguration,
Manchester
* Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, (
Ukrainian
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* So ...
-
Eastern Catholic),
Manchester
* Sacred Heart,
Lebanon
* Sacred Heart,
Manchester
* Sacred Heart,
Wilton
* Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Greenville
*
St. Aloysius of Gonzaga,
Nashua
* St. André Bessette,
Laconia
* St. Anne,
Hampstead
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* St. Anne-St. Augustin,
Manchester
* St. Anthony,
Sanbornville
* St. Anthony of Padua,
Manchester
* St. Catherine of Siena,
Manchester
* St. Catherine of Siena,
Woodsville
* St. Charles Borromeo,
Meredith
* St. Christopher,
Nashua
* St. Denis,
Hanover
* St. Elizabeth Seton,
Bedford
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* St. Francis of Assisi,
Litchfield
* St. Hedwig,
Manchester
* St. Helena,
Enfield
* St. Ignatius of Loyola,
Somersworth
* St. John Neumann,
Merrimack
* St. John the Baptist,
Suncook
* St. Joseph,
Belmont
* St. Joseph,
Center Ossipee
*
St. Joseph
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,
Claremont
* St. Joseph,
Epping
* St. Joseph,
Lincoln
* St. Joseph,
Woodsville
*
St. Joseph Cathedral,
Manchester
* St. Joseph the Worker,
Nashua
* St. Jude,
Londonderry
* St. Katharine Drexel,
Alton
* St. Kathryn,
Hudson
* St. Lawrence,
Goffstown
* St. Leo,
Gonic
* St. Luke the Evangelist,
Plaistow
* St. Marguerite d'Youville,
Groveton
* St. Mark the Evangelist,
Londonderry
* St. Mary,
Claremont
* St. Mary,
Hillsborough
* St. Mary,
Newmarket
* St. Mary,
Rochester
* St. Mary,
Rollinsford
* St. Mary of the Assumption,
Tilton
* St. Matthew,
Windham
* St. Michael,
Exeter
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* St. Patrick,
Hampton
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* Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia
* Hampton, New South Wales
* Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
* Hampton, Victoria
Canada
*Hampton, New Brunswick
* ...
* St. Patrick,
Jaffrey
* St. Patrick,
Milford
* St. Patrick,
Nashua
* St. Patrick,
Newport
* St. Patrick,
Pelham
* St. Paul,
Franklin
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* St. Peter,
Auburn
* St. Peter,
Farmington
* St. Pius X,
Manchester
* St. Raphael,
Manchester
* St. Rose of Lima,
Littleton
*
St. Stanislaus,
Nashua
* St. Theresa,
Henniker
* St. Theresa,
Rye Beach
* St. Thomas Aquinas,
Derry
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*
St. Thomas More
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,
Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
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* County Durham, an English county
*Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States
*Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ...
*
Ste. Marie,
Manchester
* Saints Mary and Joseph,
Salem
Catholic education
Superintendents
* Wilfred J. Lessard (c. 1926)
* Rev. William Collins (1940–1948
* Msgr. George Murray (1960-1972)
* Rev. Joseph P. Duffy (1972–1975)
* Msgr. Thomas S. Hansberry (1975–1976) ''Interim''
* Rev. George J. Soberick (1976–1981)
* Br. Roger Lemoyne,
Brothers of the Sacred Heart
The Brothers of the Sacred Heart ( la, Fratres a Sacratissimo Corde Iesu) is a Catholic lay religious congregation of Pontifical Right for Men founded by the Reverend Fr. André Coindre (1787–1826) in 1821. Its Constitution was modeled upon tha ...
(S.C.) (1981–1990)
* Br. Joachim Froehlich,
Order of Saint Benedict (O.S.B.) (1990–1991)
* Rev. William T. Garland,
Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.) (1991–1996)
* Ms. Mary Moran (2006–2012)
* Rev. Dennis J. Audet (2012–2013) ''Interim''
* Rev. John R. Fortin, O.S.B. (2013–2016)
* Mr. David Thibault (2016- )
High schools
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Bishop Brady High School, Concord
*
Bishop Guertin High School
Bishop Guertin (BG) is a college preparatory independent private Roman Catholic high school in Nashua, New Hampshire. Named for Bishop George Albert Guertin (1869-1931), it was founded by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in 1963.
Scholastics ...
, Nashua
*
Holy Family Academy*, Manchester
*
Mount Royal Academy, Sunapee
*
St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Dover
*
Trinity High School, Manchester
Colleges
*
Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts*, Warner
*
Rivier University*, Nashua
*
Saint Anselm College*, Goffstown
*
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts*, Merrimack
: * Schools operated independent of the Diocese
See also
*
Catholic Church by country
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Catholic Church in the United States
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Ecclesiastical Province of Boston
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List of Catholic archdioceses
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Many smaller countries, as well as large countries with small Cathol ...
(by country and continent)
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List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)
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(including archdioceses)
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List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
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(including archdioceses)
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List of Catholic dioceses in the United States
References
External links
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Diocese of Manchester at Catholic-Hierarchy*
''Parable''- diocesan magazine
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