Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh

Diocese of Raleigh Dioecesis Raleighiensis
The coat of arms of the diocese
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Eastern half of North Carolina
Ecclesiastical province	Atlanta
Metropolitan	Atlanta
Statistics
Area	31,875 km2 (12,307 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 4,432,901 217,125 (4.9%)
Parishes	78
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	March 3, 1868 (149 years ago)
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Sede vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop	Wilton Daniel Gregory Archbishop of Atlanta
Map
Website
dioceseofraleigh.org

The Diocese of Raleigh is a Roman Catholic diocese that covers the eastern half of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is a suffragan diocese in the province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta.

The bishop is seated at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Basilica Shrine of St. Mary, in Wilmington, was once used as a cathedral for the Carolina areas before the Diocese of Raleigh was founded. The Former Pro-Cathedral of St. Thomas the Apostle, in Wilmington, was secularized.

In September 2011, Bishop Burbidge announced construction of a new cathedral for the Diocese of Raleigh to replace the existing Sacred Heart Cathedral, which could not accommodate the growing parish and diocese. The new cathedral was named the Cathedral of the Holy Name of Jesus. Construction commenced January 3, 2015. The cathedral is designed by O'Brien and Keane of Arlington, Virginia in the Romanesque Revival style. It will have a cruciform floor plan with a dome over the crossing and will contain 42 stained glass windows and Stations of the Cross from closed churches in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The Beyer Studio of Philadelphia will restore the windows before they are installed.