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 province
Atlanta
Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Atlanta
Statistics
Area
31,055 sq mi (80,430 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2016) 4,832,482 196,245 (4.1%)
Information
Denomination
Catholic
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
July 11, 1820
Cathedral
Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist
Patron saint
St. John the Baptist(Primary) [1] St. Finbar (Secondary)[2]
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Jacques E. Fabre
Metropolitan Archbishop
Gregory John Hartmayer
Vicar General
Gregory Wilson D. Anthony Droze
Bishops emeritus
Robert 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]
^"About".
^"Papal Bull for the Establishment of the Diocese".
^"Diocese of Charleston". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
^"Diocese of Charleston Parish Directory". Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
^"Province of Atlanta | Archdiocese of Atlanta". Archatl.com. February 21, 1962. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
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