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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 .
265 S. Main St, Manchester Founded in 1911 for French-Canadian immigrants, current church dedicated in 1958 [2] St. Anne-St. Augustin 382 Beech St, Manchester St. Anne and St. Augustin Parishes were combined in 2004 [3] St. Anthony of Padua 172 Belmont St, Manchester Founded in 1899, current church dedicated in 1955 [4] St. Catherine of Siena
The Cathedral of St. Joseph is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire, United States. It is located at 145 Lowell Street in the downtown district. Bishop Peter Libasci serves as Bishop of the Diocese of Manchester, and Father Jason Jalbert is the rector of the cathedral parish.
St. Stanislaus Parish was founded in 1908 as a Catholic parish designated for Polish immigrants. It was one of the Polish-American "national parishes" in the Diocese of Manchester. Polish immigration to New Hampshire began in the years 1854-1870, and increased from 1870 to 1910. [1]
Apr. 10—The Diocese of Manchester has added three names to its online list of dozens of priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse going back to 1950, church officials announced this week.
On September 19, 2011, Benedict XVI named Libasci as the tenth bishop of Manchester. [5] He was installed on December 8, 2011. Libasci on May 30, 2019, expressed his approval of the override vote in the New Hampshire Senate to eliminate capital punishment in the state. [6] As bishop, Libasci has been sympathetic to Traditional Catholic groups.
Mar. 26—The Diocese of Manchester has agreed to settle a claim of child sexual abuse from the 1970s against a former priest, an attorney for the victim announced Tuesday. Attorney Mitchell ...
A spokesperson for the Diocese of Manchester did not wish to comment on the lawsuit. Filed in July 2021, the suit accuses Libasci of fondling and groping a boy aged 12 or 13 on numerous occasions ...