Diocese of Charlotte

Diocese of Charlotte Dioecesis Carolinana

Location
Country	United States
Territory	Western North Carolina Vicariates of Albemarle, Asheville, Boone, Gastonia, Greensboro, Hickory, Mecklenburg, Salisbury, Smoky Mountain, Winston-Salem
Ecclesiastical province	Atlanta
Metropolitan	Atlanta
Statistics
Area	53,696 km² (20,732 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 4,967,591 235,700 (4.7%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	November 12, 1971
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Patrick
Patron saint	Mary, Mother of God
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Peter Joseph Jugis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Wilton Daniel Gregory
Emeritus Bishops	William G. Curlin
Map

Website
charlottediocese.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte (Dioecesis Carolinana), is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States. It includes of 46 counties in western North Carolina, which are divided into ten vicariates, named for and administered from Albemarle, Asheville, Boone, Gastonia, Greensboro, Hickory, Mecklenburg, Salisbury, Smoky Mountain and Winston-Salem.Charlotte and the Piedmont Triad are the largest metropolitan areas in the diocese. The Charlotte See is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

Canonically erected on November 12, 1971, by Pope Paul VI, the diocese took its territories from the neighboring Diocese of Raleigh. The Charlotte See is led by a bishop who serves as pastor of the Cathedral of Saint Patrick in Charlotte, North Carolina.Peter Joseph Jugis is the current bishop. The Diocese is also home to two of the three basilicas in North Carolina, the Basilica of St. Lawrence and the Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians.