Country United States Population
- Catholics 679,000 (67.5%) Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin | Territory State of Rhode Island Denomination Roman Catholic Phone +1 401-278-4500 | |
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Ecclesiastical province Archdiocese of Hartford Metropolitan Providence, Rhode Island Address 1 Cathedral Square, Providence, RI 02903, USA Cathedral Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul Patron saints Saint Peter, Paul the Apostle Similar The Cathedral of Saints, Our Lady of Loreto Catholic, Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic, La Salle Academy, Immaculate Conception Church Profiles | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence (Latin: Dioecesis Providentiensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. The diocese was erected by Pope Pius IX on February 17, 1872 and originally comprised the entire state of Rhode Island and the counties of Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in the state of Massachusetts. On March 12, 1904, those four counties were separated from the Diocese of Providence to form the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, leaving the Diocese of Providence with just the state of Rhode Island.
Contents
- Bishops
- Bishops of Providence
- Auxiliary Bishops
- Other affiliated Bishops
- Diocese offices
- Education
- Publications
- References
The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Hartford and a part of the ecclesiastical province that includes that archdiocese and the suffragan dioceses of Bridgeport and Norwich. The Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence is the mother church of the diocese of Providence. The Most Reverend Thomas Joseph Tobin, former Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, is the eighth, and current, Bishop of Providence.
Bishops
The lists of associated bishops and their tenures of service as bishops in this diocese:
Bishops of Providence
- Thomas F. Hendricken (1872 - 1886)
- Matthew Harkins (1887 - 1921)
- William A. Hickey (1921 - 1933)
- Francis Patrick Keough (1934 - 1947)
- Russell Joseph McVinney (1948 - 1971)
- Louis Edward Gelineau (1972 - 1997)
- Robert Edward Mulvee (1997 - 2005) (was coadjutor, 1995 - 1997)
- Thomas Joseph Tobin (2005–present)
Auxiliary Bishops
- Thomas Francis Doran (1915-1916)
- Denis Matthew Lowney (1917-1918)
- Thomas Francis Maloney (1960-1962)
- Bernard Matthew Kelly (1964-1971)
- Kenneth Anthony Angell (1974-1992)
- Robert Joseph McManus (1999-2004)
- Robert C. Evans (2009–present)
Other affiliated Bishops
- Francis Xavier Roque, appointed auxiliary bishop of the Military Services in 1983
Diocese offices
The following is a list of some of the offices of the diocese.
Education
Publications
Established in 1875, the Rhode Island Catholic is the official newspaper of the Diocese of Providence. It is published weekly with 48 issues per year.