Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester

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Diocese of Manchester Diocensis Manchesteriensis
Catholic
Cathedral of St. Joseph
Coat of arms
Location
Country	United States
Territory	New Hampshire
Ecclesiastical province	Boston
Metropolitan	Boston
Headquarters	Manchester, New Hampshire
Coordinates	42°59′52″N 71°27′17″W / 42.99773010°N 71.45476170°W / 42.99773010; -71.45476170
Statistics
Area	9,305 sq mi (24,100 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2019) 1,356,458 330,160 (24.3%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	April 15, 1884 (1884-04-15)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Joseph
Patron saints	Saint Joseph Saint Patrick[1]
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Peter Anthony Libasci
Metropolitan Archbishop	Seán Patrick O'Malley
Bishops emeritus	Francis Joseph Christian Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1996-2018)
Map
Website
www.catholicnh.org

The Diocese of Manchester (Latin: Diocensis Manchesteriensis^[2]) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church for New Hampshire in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Boston.

The mother church of the Diocese of Manchester is the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester.^[3] Its patron saints are St. Joseph and St. Patrick.