Diocese of Raleigh Diœcesis Raleighiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Eastern half of North Carolina |
Ecclesiastical province | Atlanta |
Metropolitan | Atlanta |
Statistics | |
Area | 31,875 km2 (12,307 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 4,432,901 217,125 (4.9%) |
Parishes | 78 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | March 3, 1868 (156 years ago) |
Cathedral | Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Luis Rafael Zarama |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Gregory John Hartmayer |
Map | |
Website | |
dioceseofraleigh.org |
The Diocese of Raleigh (Latin: Dioecesis Raleighiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church that covers eastern North Carolina in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta.
On July 5, 2017, Pope Francis named Luis Rafael Zarama to be the 6th Bishop of Raleigh; Zarama was installed on August 29, 2017, at the recently consecrated Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh.