The Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester (Diocensis Manchesteriensis[1] in Latin) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the region of New England in the United States comprising the entire state of New Hampshire. It is located within the Province of Boston, and is under the government of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. It is led by a prelate bishop who serves as pastor of the mother church, Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester. The diocese consists of approximately 280 priests, 51 deacons, and 327,600 Catholic faithful in New Hampshire. The Diocese of Manchester was canonically erected on April 15, 1884 by Pope Leo XIII. Its territories were taken from the Diocese of Portland in the neighboring state of Maine. The current bishops are: [edit] Ordinaries Bishops of the Diocese and their terms of office: [edit] Parishes - All Saints, Charlestown
- Blessed John XXIII, Nashua
- Blessed Sacrament, Manchester
- Corpus Christi, Portsmouth
- Divine Mercy, Peterborough
- Gates of Heaven, Lancaster
- Good Shepherd, Berlin
- Holy Cross, Derry
- Holy Family, Gorham
- Holy Rosary, Hooksett
- Holy Trinity, Plymouth
- Immaculate Conception, Nashua
- Immaculate Conception, Penacook
- Immaculate Conception, Troy
- Immaculate Heart of Mary, Concord
- Mary, Queen of Peace, Hinsdale
- Mary, Queen of Peace, Salem
- North American Martyrs, Colebrook
- Our Lady of Fatima, New London
- Our Lady of Lourdes, Pittsfield
- Our Lady of Mercy, Merrimack
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Rochester
- Our Lady of the Lakes, Lakeport
- Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Hampton
- Our Lady of the Mountains, North Conway
- Parish of the Assumption, Dover
- Parish of the Resurrection, Nashua
- Parish of the Transfiguration, Manchester
- Sacred Heart, Concord
- Sacred Heart, Laconia
- Sacred Heart, Lebanon
- Sacred Heart, Manchester
- Sacred Heart, Wilton
- Sacred Heart of Jesus, Greenville
- St. Aloysius of Gonzaga, Nashua
- St. Anne, Hampstead
- St. Anne-St. Augustine, Manchester
- St. Anthony, Sanbornville
- St. Anthony of Padua, Manchester
- St. Bernard, Keene
- St. Catherine of Siena, Lisbon
- St. Catherine of Siena, Manchester
- St. Charles Borromeo, Meredith
- St. Christopher, Nashua
- St. Denis, Hanover
- St. Elizabeth Seton, Bedford
- 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. John the Evangelist, Concord
- St. Joseph, Belmont
- St. Joseph, Center Ossipee
- St. Joseph, Claremont
- St. Joseph, Epping
- St. Joseph, Laconia
- St. Joseph, Lincoln
- St. Joseph, Salem
- 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, 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
- St. Patrick, Jaffrey
- St. Patrick, Milford
- St. Patrick, Nashua
- St. Patrick, Newport
- St. Patrick, Pelham
- St. Paul, Candia
- St. Paul, Franklin
- St. Peter, Auburn
- St. Peter, Concord
- St. Peter, Farmington
- St. Pius X, Manchester
- St. Raphael, Manchester
- St. Rose of Lima, Littleton
- St. Theresa, Henniker
- St. Theresa, Rye Beach
- St. Thomas Aquinas, Derry
- St. Thomas More, Durham
[edit] High schools - * Schools operated independent of the Diocese.
[edit] Resources [edit] References | Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Boston | | | | |
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