Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich
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Diocese of Norwich Dioecesis Norvicensis |
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Cathedral of Saint Patrick in Norwich
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Middlesex County, Connecticut, New London County, Connecticut, Windham County, Connecticut, Tolland County, Connecticut, and Fishers Island, New York. |
| Ecclesiastical province | Hartford |
| Metropolitan | Leonard Paul Blair |
| Coordinates | 41°31′50″N 72°04′38″W / 41.53056°N 72.07722°WCoordinates: 41°31′50″N 72°04′38″W / 41.53056°N 72.07722°W |
| Population - Catholics |
228,520 (32.1%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | August 6, 1953 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Patrick |
| Patron saint |
St. Anne St. Patrick |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Michael Richard Cote |
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| Website | |
| norwichdiocese.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory or diocese in Connecticut and New York. It was created on August 6, 1953 by Pope Pius XII.
Its canonical territory consists of the Connecticut counties of Middlesex, New London, Windham and Tolland. It also includes Fishers Island, N.Y. (Suffolk County). From 1781, Lebanon, just northwest of Norwich, is the place in which the Catholic "Mass was first celebrated, continuously and for a long period, within the limits of the State of Connecticut."
The list of bishop of the diocese and their terms of service:
The following men began their service as priests in Norwich before being appointed bishop in elsewhere:
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