Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name=Norwich
latin=Dioecesis Norvicensis
country=United States
metropolitan=Archdiocese of Hartford
rite=Latin Rite
area=5,121
area_miles=1,978
population=674,804
population_as_of=2005
catholics=228,520
catholics_percent=33.9
bishop=Michael Richard Cote
priests=107
parishes=78
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory or diocese in Connecticut in the northeastern United States. It was erected on August 6, 1953 by Pope Pius XII.
Its canonical territory consists of the Connecticut counties of Middlesex, New London, Windham and Tolland. It also includes Fishers Island, N.Y. (Suffolk County). In 1781, the small town of Lebanon, just northwest of Norwich, had the distinction of being the place in which the Catholic "Mass was first celebrated, continuously and for a long period, within the limits of the State of Connecticut." [Right Rev. Thomas S. Duggan, D.D., The Catholic Church in Connecticut, 1930, p.13-14]
The past bishops of the diocese are:
*Bernard Joseph Flanagan (1953–1959)
*Vincent Joseph Hines (1959–1975)
*Daniel Patrick Reilly (1975–1994)
*Daniel Anthony Hart (1995–2003)
High schools
* Academy of the Holy Family, Baltic
* Marianapolis Preparatory School, Thompson
* Mercy High School, Middletown
* Saint Bernard High School, Uncasville
* Xavier High School, Middletown
External links
* [http://www.norwichdiocese.org/ Catholic Diocese of Norwich Home Page]
References
*cite web | author=Hart, Daniel, Most Rev. | publishyear=1998 | url=http://www.norwichdiocese.org/ | title=Catholic Diocese of Norwich Connecticut | accessdate=March 3 | accessyear=2006
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnorw.html/ Catholic Hierarchy]
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