Diocese of Wilmington, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Wilmington / Vilmingotnien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Baltimore

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis de Sales (January 24)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 18

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1868.03.03: Established as Diocese of Wilmington / Vilmingotnien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore and Diocese of Philadelphia and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1874.05.28: Lost territory to Diocese of Richmond

Contact Info

Address: Chancery Office, 1925 Delaware Ave., P.O. Box 2030, Wilmington, DE 19899-2030, USA

Phone: +1 (302) 573-3100

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.04.30 – ...):

Bishop William Edward Koenig (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Wilmington (Roman Rite)

Bishop William Edward Koenig (68)
(2021.04.30 – ...)

Bishop of Wilmington (USA)

We walk by faith

Born:	1956.08.17 (Queens, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1983.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.07.13

Priest of Rockville Centre (USA) (1983.05.14 – 2021.04.30)

Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (2021.04.30 – ...)

Bishop William Francis Malooly (80)
(2008.07.07 – 2021.04.30)

Bishop emeritus of Wilmington (USA)

Rejoice in the Lord

Born:	1944.01.18 (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1970.05.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.01

Priest of Baltimore (USA) (1970.05.07 – 2000.12.12)

Titular Bishop of Flumenzer (2000.12.12 – 2008.07.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA) (2000.12.12 – 2008.07.07)

Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (2008.07.07 – 2021.04.30)

Bishop Michael Angelo Saltarelli
(1995.11.21 – 2008.07.07)

Obedience to Jesus Christ

Born:	1933.01.17 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1960.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.07.30
Died:	2009.10.08 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta (1990.06.02 – 1995.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) (1990.06.02 – 1995.11.21)

Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (1995.11.21 – 2008.07.07)

Bishop Robert Edward Mulvee
(1985.02.19 – 1995.02.09)

As one who serves

Born:	1930.02.15 (Boston, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.04.14
Died:	2018.12.28 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Summa (1977.02.15 – 1985.02.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester (USA) (1977.02.15 – 1985.02.19)

Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (1985.02.19 – 1995.02.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Providence (USA) (1995.02.09 – 1997.06.11)

Bishop of Providence (USA) (1997.06.11 – 2005.03.31)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Mardaga
(1968.03.09 – 1984.05.28)

Ad regnum Christi

Born:	1913.05.14 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1940.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.01.25
Died:	1984.05.28 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Mutugenna (1966.12.09 – 1968.03.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA) (1966.12.09 – 1968.03.09)

Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (1968.03.09 – 1984.05.28)

Bishop Michael William Hyle
(1960.03.02 – 1967.12.26)

Quis ut Deus

Born:	1901.10.13 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1927.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.09.24
Died:	1967.12.26 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Christopolis (1958.07.03 – 1960.03.02)

Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (1958.07.03 – 1960.03.02)

Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (1960.03.02 – 1967.12.26)

Bishop Edmond John Fitzmaurice (later Archbishop)
(1925.07.24 – 1960.03.02)

Virtute non verbis

Born:	1881.06.24 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1904.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.11.30
Died:	1962.07.25 († 81)

Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (1925.07.24 – 1960.03.02)

Titular Archbishop of Tomi (1960.03.02 – 1962.07.25)

Bishop John James Joseph Monaghan
(1897.01.26 – 1925.07.10)

Deus incrementum dat

Born:	1856.05.23 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1880.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.05.09
Died:	1935.01.07 († 78)

Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (1897.01.26 – 1925.07.10)

Titular Bishop of Lydda (1925.07.10 – 1935.01.07)

Bishop Alfred Allen Paul Curtis
(1886.08.03 – 1896.05.23)

Alma virgo mater ora pro nobis

Born:	1831.07.04 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1874.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1886.11.14
Died:	1908.07.11 († 77)

Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (1886.08.03 – 1896.05.23)

Titular Bishop of Echinus (1896.05.23 – 1908.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (USA) (1897 – 1908.07.11)

Bishop Thomas Albert Andrew Becker
(1868.03.03 – 1886.03.26)

Ora pro nobis

Born:	1832.12.30 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1859.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.08.16
Died:	1899.07.29 († 66)

Bishop of Wilmington (USA) (1868.03.03 – 1886.03.26)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1886.03.26 – 1899.07.29)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Michael William Hyle (1958.07.03 – 1960.03.02)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Hubert James Cartwright (1956.08.03 – 1958.03.06)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Peter, Wilmington, Delaware
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (78)

Washington (↙), Baltimore (←), Philadelphia (↑), Camden (↗), Richmond (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,916 km²

Population: 246,174 Catholics (16.3% of 1,508,853 total)

Pastoral Centres: 56 parishes, 18 missions

Personnel: 160 priests (106 diocesan, 54 religious), 120 deacons, 198 religious (60 brothers, 138 sisters), 9 seminarians