Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh
Diocese of Raleigh Diœcesis Raleighiensis | |
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Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral | |
Coat of arms | |
| 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
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| Parishes | 78 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 3, 1868 (157 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Luis Rafael Zarama |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gregory John Hartmayer |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| dioceseofraleigh.org | |
The Diocese of Raleigh (Latin: Dioecesis Raleighiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church that covers eastern North Carolina in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta.
On July 5, 2017, Pope Francis named Luis Rafael Zarama to be the 6th Bishop of Raleigh; Zarama was installed on August 29, 2017, at the recently consecrated Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh.