Diocese of

Worcester 𝐖

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Worcester / Vigornien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Boston

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

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History

1950.01.14: Established as Diocese of Worcester / Vigornien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts and became suffragan of Boston)

Contact Info

Address: 49 Elm St., Worcester, MA 01609, USA

Phone: +1 (508) 791-7171

Present Prelates

Bishop (2004.03.09 – ...):

Bishop Robert Joseph McManus (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Worcester (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert Joseph McManus (73)
(2004.03.09 – ...)

Bishop of Worcester (USA)

Christus veritatis splendor

Born:	1951.07.05 (Providence, RI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1978.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.02.22

Priest of Providence (USA) (1978.05.27 – 1998.12.01)

Titular Bishop of Allegheny (1998.12.01 – 2004.03.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Providence (USA) (1998.12.01 – 2004.03.09)

Bishop of Worcester (USA) (2004.03.09 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Springfield in Massachusetts (USA) (2020.08.25 – 2020.10.14)

Bishop Daniel Patrick Reilly
(1994.10.27 – 2004.03.09)

In kindness and in truth

Born:	1928.05.12 (Providence, RI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1953.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.08.06
Died:	2024.06.18 (Shrewsbury, MA, USA † 96)

Priest of Providence (USA) (1953.05.30 – 1975.06.05)

Bishop of Norwich (USA) (1975.06.05 – 1994.10.27)

Bishop of Worcester (USA) (1994.10.27 – 2004.03.09)

Bishop Timothy Joseph Harrington
(1983.09.01 – 1994.10.27)

Born:	1918.12.19 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1946.01.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.07.02
Died:	1997.03.23 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Rusuca (1968.04.02 – 1983.09.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester (USA) (1968.04.02 – 1983.09.01)

Bishop of Worcester (USA) (1983.09.01 – 1994.10.27)

Bishop Bernard Joseph Flanagan
(1959.08.08 – 1983.03.31)

Respice ad Mariam

Born:	1908.03.31 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1931.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.11.30
Died:	1998.01.28 († 89)

Bishop of Norwich (USA) (1953.09.01 – 1959.08.08)

Bishop of Worcester (USA) (1959.08.08 – 1983.03.31)

Bishop John Joseph Wright (later Cardinal)
(1950.01.28 – 1959.01.23)

Resonare Christum

Born:	1909.07.18 (Boston, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1935.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.06.30
Created Cardinal:	1969.04.28
Died:	1979.08.10 (Cambridge, MA, USA † 70)

Priest of Boston (USA) (1935.12.08 – 1947.05.10)

Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary (1944.12.17 – 1947.05.10)

Titular Bishop of Ægeæ (1947.05.10 – 1950.01.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (1947.05.10 – 1950.01.28)

Bishop of Worcester (USA) (1950.01.28 – 1959.01.23)

Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA) (1959.01.23 – 1969.04.23)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Clergy (1969.04.23 – 1979.08.10)

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1969.04.30 – 1979.08.10)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop George Edward Rueger (1987.01.16 – 2005.01.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Timothy Joseph Harrington (1968.04.02 – 1983.09.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Paul’s Cathedral, Worcester, Massachusetts
Minor Basilica: St. Joseph Basilica, Webster, Massachusetts
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (85)

Norwich (↙), Springfield in Massachusetts (←), Manchester (↑), Boston (→), Providence (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,966 km²

Population: 294,300 Catholics (34.1% of 863,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 91 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 223 priests (165 diocesan, 58 religious), 107 deacons, 278 religious (112 brothers, 166 sisters), 20 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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