Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston

This article is about the diocese with a cathedral in Charleston, South Carolina. For the diocese with a cathedral in Charleston, West Virginia, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling–Charleston.

Diocese of Charleston

Dioecesis Carolopolitana
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Coat of arms
Location
Country United States
Territory South Carolina
Ecclesiastical provinceAtlanta
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Atlanta
Statistics
Area31,055 sq mi (80,430 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2016)
4,832,482
196,245 (4.1%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedJuly 11, 1820
CathedralCathedral of Saint John the Baptist
Patron saintSt. John the Baptist(Primary) [1]
St. Finbar (Secondary)[2]
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJacques E. Fabre
Metropolitan ArchbishopGregory John Hartmayer
Vicar GeneralGregory Wilson
D. Anthony Droze
Bishops emeritusRobert E. Guglielmone
Map
Website
charlestondiocese.org

The Diocese of Charleston (Latin: Dioecesis Carolopolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church for the state of South Carolina in the United States.[3] Currently, the diocese consists of 96 parishes and 21 missions, with Charleston as its see city.[4] As of 2023, the bishop of Charleston is Jacques Fabre-Jeune.

The Diocese of Charleston is the seventh-oldest Catholic diocese in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.[5]

  1. ^ "About".
  2. ^ "Papal Bull for the Establishment of the Diocese".
  3. ^ "Diocese of Charleston". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  4. ^ "Diocese of Charleston Parish Directory". Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "Province of Atlanta | Archdiocese of Atlanta". Archatl.com. February 21, 1962. Retrieved November 3, 2011.