Diocese of Fall River, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Fall River / Riverormen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Boston

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Assumption

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1904.03.12: Established as Diocese of Fall River / Riverormen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Providence and became suffragan of Boston)

Contact Info

Address: 47 Underwood St., P.O. Box 2577, Fall River, MA 02720, USA

Phone: +1 (508) 675-1311

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.07.03 – ...):

Bishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Fall River (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. (71)
(2014.07.03 – ...)

Bishop of Fall River (USA)

Sufficit tibi gratia mea

Born:	1953.08.21 (Riachão do Jacuípe, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1982.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.09.03

Titular Bishop of Ucres (2003.06.27 – 2014.07.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) (2003.06.27 – 2014.07.03)

Bishop of Fall River (USA) (2014.07.03 – ...)

Bishop George William Coleman
(2003.04.30 – 2014.07.03)

Domini sumus

Born:	1939.02.01 (Fall River, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1964.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.07.22
Died:	2024.05.24 (Fall River, MA, USA † 85)

Priest of Fall River (USA) (1964.12.16 – 2003.04.30)

Bishop of Fall River (USA) (2003.04.30 – 2014.07.03)

Bishop Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. (80) (later Cardinal)
(1992.06.16 – 2002.09.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria
President of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Member of Council of Cardinals
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Boston (USA)

Quodcumque dixerit facite

Born:	1944.06.29 (Lakewood, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1970.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.08.02
Created Cardinal:	2006.03.24

Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) (1984.05.30 – 1985.10.16)

Bishop of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) (1985.10.16 – 1992.06.16)

Bishop of Fall River (USA) (1992.06.16 – 2002.09.03)

Bishop of Palm Beach (USA) (2002.09.03 – 2003.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (2003.07.01 – 2024.08.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (2006.03.24 [2006.10.01] – ...)

Member of Council of Cardinals (2013.04.13 – ...)

Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (2014.03.22 – 2014.09.10)

President of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (2014.09.10 – ...)

Bishop Daniel Anthony Cronin (96) (later Archbishop)
(1970.10.30 – 1991.12.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hartford (USA)

Ad obœdiendum fidei

Born:	1927.11.14 (Boston, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1952.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.09.12

Priest of Boston (USA) (1952.12.20 – 1968.06.10)

Titular Bishop of Egnatia (1968.06.10 – 1970.10.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (1968.06.10 – 1970.10.30)

Bishop of Fall River (USA) (1970.10.30 – 1991.12.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hartford (USA) (1991.12.10 – 2003.10.20)

Bishop James Louis Connolly
(1951.05.17 – 1970.10.30)

Auspice Maria

Born:	1894.11.15 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1923.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.05.24
Died:	1986.09.12 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Mylasa (1945.04.07 – 1951.05.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Fall River (USA) (1945.04.07 – 1951.05.17)

Bishop of Fall River (USA) (1951.05.17 – 1970.10.30)

Titular Bishop of Thibuzabetum (1970.10.30 – 1970.12.31)

Bishop James Edwin Cassidy
(1934.07.28 – 1951.05.17)

In cruce salus

Born:	1869.08.01 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1898.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.05.27
Died:	1951.05.17 († 81)

Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River (USA) (1930.03.21 – 1934.07.13)

Titular Bishop of Ibora (1930.03.21 – 1934.07.28)

Coadjutor Bishop of Fall River (USA) (1934.07.13 – 1934.07.28)

Bishop of Fall River (USA) (1934.07.28 – 1951.05.17)

Bishop Daniel Francis Feehan
(1907.07.02 – 1934.07.19)

Maria spes mea

Born:	1855.09.24 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1879.12.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1907.09.19
Died:	1934.07.19 († 78)

Bishop of Fall River (USA) (1907.07.02 – 1934.07.19)

Bishop William Stang
(1904.03.12 – 1907.02.02)

Super rivos aquarum fructificate

Born:	1854.04.21 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1878.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1904.05.01
Died:	1907.02.02 († 52)

Bishop of Fall River (USA) (1904.03.12 – 1907.02.02)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop James Louis Connolly (1945.04.07 – 1951.05.17)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop James Edwin Cassidy (1934.07.13 – 1934.07.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Joseph Gerrard (1959.02.02 – 1976.01.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Edwin Cassidy (1930.03.21 – 1934.07.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Fall River, Massachusetts
National Shrine: National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, Attleboro, Massachusetts
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (102)

Providence (←), Boston (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,107 km²

Population: 286,800 Catholics (33.3% of 860,070 total)

Pastoral Centres: 70 parishes

Personnel: 200 priests (133 diocesan, 67 religious), 78 deacons, 166 religious (74 brothers, 92 sisters), 7 seminarians