Diocese of Raleigh, USA 🇺🇸

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Raleigh / Raleighien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Atlanta

Neighbouring Dioceses: Charleston (↙), Charlotte (←), Richmond (↑)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 26 (2017)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1868.03.03: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of North Carolina (from Diocese of Charleston)
1910.06.08: Lost territory to establish Abbacy nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians
1924.12.12: Promoted as Diocese of Raleigh / Raleighien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Baltimore)
1944.04.17: Gained territory from Abbacy nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians
1960.03.26: Gained territory from Abbacy nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians
1962.02.10: Became suffragan of Atlanta
1971.11.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Charlotte

Contact Info

Address: 715 Nazareth St., Raleigh, NC 27606, USA

Phone: +1 (919) 821-9700

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.07.05 – ...):

Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto (67)

Monsignors (25)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Raleigh (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto (67)
(2017.07.05 – ...)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA)

Deus caritas est

Born:	1958.11.28 (Pasto, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1993.11.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.09.29

Priest of Atlanta (USA) (1993.11.27 – 2009.07.27)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2007.02.10 – 2009.07.27)

Titular Bishop of Bararus (2009.07.27 – 2017.07.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (USA) (2009.07.27 – 2017.07.05)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (2017.07.05 – ...)

Bishop Michael Francis Burbidge (69)
(2006.06.08 – 2016.10.04)

Bishop of Arlington (USA)

Walk humbly with God

Born:	1957.06.16 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1984.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.09.05

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1984.05.19 – 2002.06.21)

Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird (2002.06.21 – 2006.06.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (2002.06.21 – 2006.06.08)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (2006.06.08 – 2016.10.04)

Bishop of Arlington (USA) (2016.10.04 – ...)

Bishop Francis Joseph Gossman
(1975.04.08 – 2006.06.08)

To serve, not be served

Born:	1930.04.01 (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.09.11
Died:	2013.08.12 († 83)

Priest of Baltimore (USA) (1955.12.17 – 1968.07.15)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1965.03.23 – 1968.07.15)

Titular Bishop of Aguntum (1968.07.15 – 1975.04.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA) (1968.07.15 – 1975.04.08)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (1975.04.08 – 2006.06.08)

Bishop Vincent Stanislaus Waters
(1945.03.15 – 1974.12.03)

Omnia per Mariam

Born:	1904.08.15 (Roanoke, VA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1931.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.05.15
Died:	1974.12.03 (Raleigh, NC, USA † 70)

Priest of Richmond (USA) (1931.12.08 – 1945.03.15)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (1945.03.15 – 1974.12.03)

Bishop Eugene Joseph McGuinness
(1937.10.13 – 1944.11.11)

Born:	1889.09.06 (Hellertown, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1915.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.12.21
Died:	1957.12.27 (Oklahoma City, OK, USA † 68)

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1915.05.22 – 1937.10.13)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (1937.10.13 – 1944.11.11)

Titular Bishop of Ilium (1944.11.11 – 1948.02.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA) (1944.11.11 – 1948.02.01)

Bishop of Oklahoma City–Tulsa (USA) (1948.02.01 – 1957.12.27)

Bishop William Joseph Hafey
(1925.04.06 – 1937.10.02)

Born:	1888.03.19 (Springfield, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1914.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.06.24
Died:	1954.05.12 (Scranton, PA, USA † 66)

Priest of Baltimore (USA) (1914.06.16 – 1925.04.06)

Bishop of Raleigh (USA) (1925.04.06 – 1937.10.02)

Titular Bishop of Appia (1937.10.02 – 1938.03.25)

Coadjutor Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1937.10.02 – 1938.03.25)

Bishop of Scranton (USA) (1938.03.25 – 1954.05.12)

Vicars Apostolic of North Carolina (Roman Rite)

Bishop Leo Michael Haid, O.S.B.
(1888.02.04 – 1924.07.24)

Crescat

Born:	1849.07.15 (Unity Township, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1872.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1888.07.01
Died:	1924.07.24 (Belmont, NC, USA † 75)

Titular Bishop of Messene (1888.02.04 – 1924.07.24)

Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina (USA) (1888.02.04 – 1924.07.24)

President of American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation (1890 – 1896)

Abbot nullius of Belmont–Mary Help of Christians (USA) (1910.06.08 – 1924.07.24)

Bishop Henry Pinckney Northrop
(1881.09.16 – 1888.02.04)

In cruce salus

Born:	1842.05.05 (Charleston, SC, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1865.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1882.01.08
Died:	1916.06.07 (Charleston, SC, USA † 74)

Priest of Charleston (USA) (1865.06.25 – 1881.09.16)

Titular Bishop of Rosalia (1881.09.16 – 1883.01.27)

Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina (USA) (1881.09.16 – 1888.02.04)

Bishop of Charleston (USA) (1883.01.27 – 1916.06.07)

Fr. Stanislaus Mark Gross
(1880.02.24 – 1881 not possessed)

Titular Bishop of Lyrba (1880.02.24 – 1881 not possessed)

Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina (USA) (1880.02.24 – 1881 not possessed)

Bishop James Gibbons (later Cardinal)
(1868.03.03 – 1877.05.20)

Emitte spiritum tuum

Born:	1834.07.23 (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1861.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.08.16
Created Cardinal:	1886.06.07
Died:	1921.03.24 (Baltimore, MD, USA † 86)