Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling–Charleston
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The Diocese of Wheeling–Charleston (Latin: Dioecesis Vhelingensis–Carolopolitanus) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church comprising West Virginia in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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Diocese of Wheeling–Charleston Dioecesis Vhelingensis–Carolopolitanus | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | West Virginia |
Ecclesiastical province | Baltimore |
Statistics | |
Area | 24,282 sq mi (62,890 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2018) 1,818,470 109,260 (6%) |
Parishes | 91 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | July 19, 1850 (174 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Joseph (Wheeling) |
Co-cathedral | Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Charleston) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Mark E. Brennan |
Metropolitan Archbishop | William E. Lori |
Bishops emeritus | Michael Joseph Bransfield |
Map | |
Website | |
dwc.org |
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The current bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston is Mark E. Brennan. The diocese maintains two cathedrals: the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Wheeling and the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Charleston.