Diocese of Burlington, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Burlington / Burlingtonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Boston

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1853.07.29: Established as Diocese of Burlington / Burlingtonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Boston and became suffragan of New York)
1875.02.12: Became suffragan of Boston

Contact Info

Address: 351 North Ave., P.O. Box 489, Burlington, VT 05402-0489, USA

Phone: +1 (802) 658-6110

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.05.06 – ...):

Bishop John Joseph McDermott (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Burlington (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Joseph McDermott (61)
(2024.05.06 – ...)

Bishop of Burlington (USA)

God alone suffices

Born:	1963.03.19 (Red Bank, NJ, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1989.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.07.15

Priest of Burlington (USA) (1989.06.03 – 2024.05.06)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2012.10.15 – 2024.05.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Burlington (USA) (2014.01.03 – 2014.12.22)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (2024.05.06 – ...)

Bishop Christopher James Coyne (66) (later Archbishop)
(2014.12.22 – 2023.06.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hartford (USA)

Trust in the Lord

Born:	1958.06.17 (Woburn, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.03.02

Priest of Boston (USA) (1986.06.07 – 2011.01.14)

Titular Bishop of Mopta (2011.01.14 – 2014.12.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis (USA) (2011.01.14 – 2014.12.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Indianapolis (USA) (2011.09.21 – 2012.10.18)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (2014.12.22 – 2023.06.26)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Hartford (USA) (2023.06.26 – 2024.05.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hartford (USA) (2024.05.01 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Norwich (USA) (2024.09.03 – 2025.02.12)

Msgr. John Joseph McDermott (61) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.01.03 – 2014.12.22)

Bishop Salvatore Ronald Matano (78)
(2005.11.09 – 2013.11.06)

Bishop of Rochester (USA)

In unitatem fidei

Born:	1946.09.15 (Providence, RI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1971.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.04.19

Priest of Providence (USA) (1971.12.17 – 2005.03.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Burlington (USA) (2005.03.03 – 2005.11.09)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (2005.11.09 – 2013.11.06)

Bishop of Rochester (USA) (2013.11.06 – ...)

Bishop Kenneth Anthony Angell
(1992.10.06 – 2005.11.09)

Born:	1930.08.03 (Providence, RI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1956.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.10.07
Died:	2016.10.04 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Septimunicia (1974.08.09 – 1992.10.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Providence (USA) (1974.08.09 – 1992.10.06)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1992.10.06 – 2005.11.09)

Bishop John Aloysius Marshall
(1971.12.14 – 1992)

Born:	1928.04.26 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.01.25
Died:	1994.07.03 († 66)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1971.12.14 – 1992)

Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (1992 – 1994.07.03)

Bishop Robert Francis Joyce
(1956.12.29 – 1971.12.14)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:	1896.10.07 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1923.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.10.28
Died:	1990.09.02 († 93)

Titular Bishop of Citium (1954.07.08 – 1956.12.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1954.07.08 – 1956.12.29)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1956.12.29 – 1971.12.14)

Bishop Edward Francis Ryan
(1944.11.11 – 1956.11.03)

Magnum nomen Domini

Born:	1879.03.10 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1905.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.01.03
Died:	1956.11.03 († 77)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1944.11.11 – 1956.11.03)

Bishop Matthew Francis Brady
(1938.07.30 – 1944.11.11)

Regnet Christus

Born:	1893.01.15 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1916.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.10.26
Died:	1959.09.21 († 66)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1938.07.30 – 1944.11.11)

Bishop of Manchester (USA) (1944.11.11 – 1959.09.21)

Bishop Joseph John Rice
(1910.01.08 – 1938.03.31)

Omnia omnibus

Born:	1871.12.06 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1894.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.04.14
Died:	1938.03.31 († 66)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1910.01.08 – 1938.03.31)

Bishop John Stephen Michaud
(1899.11.03 – 1908.12.22)

Pax vobis

Born:	1843.11.24 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1873.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.06.29
Died:	1908.12.22 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Modra (1892.05.04 – 1899.11.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1892.05.04 – 1899.11.03)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1899.11.03 – 1908.12.22)

Bishop Louis Joseph Mary Theodore De Goesbriand
(1853.07.29 – 1899.11.03)

Deus providebit

Born:	1816.08.04 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1840.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1853.10.30
Died:	1899.11.03 († 83)

Bishop of Burlington (USA) (1853.07.29 – 1899.11.03)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Salvatore Ronald Matano (78) (2005.03.03 – 2005.11.09)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Stephen Michaud (1892.05.04 – 1899.11.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Robert Francis Joyce (1954.07.08 – 1956.12.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Joseph, Burlington, Vermont
Former Cathedral (now not in use): Former Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, Vermont
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (128)

Albany (↙), Ogdensburg (↖), Saint-Hyacinthe (↑), Sherbrooke (↗), Manchester (→), Springfield in Massachusetts (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 23,651 km²

Population: 111,452 Catholics (17.7% of 629,625 total)

Pastoral Centres: 66 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 99 priests (69 diocesan, 30 religious), 42 deacons, 98 religious (48 brothers, 50 sisters), 7 seminarians