Country United States Ecclesiastical province Archdiocese of Atlanta Denomination Roman Catholic Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone | Territory South Carolina Metropolitan Archdiocese of Atlanta Area 80,432 km² Phone +1 843-261-0420 | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2013)
4,679,230
192,422 (4.1%) Address 901 Orange Grove Rd, Charleston, SC 29407, USA Cathedral Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist | ||
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States and comprises the entire state of South Carolina, with Charleston as its see city. Currently, the diocese consists of 92 parishes and 24 missions throughout the state. It is led by the Most Rev. Robert Guglielmone, the Thirteenth Bishop of Charleston, who serves as pastor of the mother church, Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in the City of Charleston. Its first bishop was John England. Charleston is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
Contents
- An afternoon in the upstate with the roman catholic diocese of charleston 2016
- End of life care roman catholic diocese of charleston
- Cathedral
- List of Bishops
- Newspaper
- Office of Vocations
- Schools
- High schools
- Parochial Elementary schools
- References
The diocese was created from territories of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The Diocese of Charleston was canonically erected on July 11, 1820 by Pope Pius VII making it the seventh oldest Roman Catholic diocese in the United States. At that time, the diocese comprised the states of Georgia, North Carolina, & South Carolina.
Services are primarily given in English throughout the diocese, though the rapid increase in the Hispanic population has caused several congregations to include Spanish language services, particularly in the Lowcountry region.
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Cathedral
Consecrated on April 6, 1854 the Cathedral of Saint John and Saint Finbar was the first proper cathedral of the diocese. On December 11, 1861, it was destroyed in a fire that consumed most of the city. The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist was built to replace the original and sits on the foundation of the ruins. Before the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh was formed, the Diocese of Charleston had a pro-cathedral in Wilmington, North Carolina, that is now St. Mary Catholic Church.
List of Bishops
The complete list of Bishops is as follows:
- Right Rev. John England 1820 -1842
- Right Rev. Ignatius A. Reynolds 1843 -1855
- Right Rev. Patrick N. Lynch 1857 -1882
- Right Rev. Henry P. Northrop 1883 -1916
- Most Rev. William Thomas Russell 1916 -1927
- Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh 1927 -1949
- Most Rev. John J. Russell 1950 -1958
- Most Rev. Paul John Hallinan 1958 -1962
- Most Rev. Francis Frederick Reh 1962 -1964
- Most Rev. Ernest Leo Unterkoefler 1964 -1990
- Most Rev. David B. Thompson 1990 -1999
- Most Rev. Robert J. Baker 1999 -2007
- Most Rev. Robert E. Guglielmone 2009 – present
Newspaper
The Catholic Miscellany, successor to the U.S. Catholic Miscellany, the first Catholic newspaper in the United States, is the official newspaper of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston.
Office of Vocations
- Msgr. Richard Harris - Vicar of Vocations, 2004 - 2010
- Father Jeffrey Kirby - Vicar of Vocations, 2010 - 2015
- Father Mark Good - Vicar of Vocations, 2015 - Present