Our Diocese
Who We Are
For over 150+ years the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington has been called and commissioned to:
- Be a community of faith living the love poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit.
- To proclaim the good news of salvation announced through Jesus Christ and confided to the Church.
- To celebrate in liturgy, especially in Eucharist, the saving act of God in Christ.
- To strengthen our allegiance to the Gospel and deepen our understanding of it.
- To serve all our brothers and sisters as Jesus taught us.
- Padua Academy students, faculty celebrate Advent, Christmas
WILMINGTON — The Padua Academy community gathered the week of Dec. 8 to celebrate the Advent season with a prayer service filled with music, readings, prayers, reflections and the lighting of the Advent candle. Following the service, the student council led the annual tree […]
- Colorful celebration as Our Lady of Guadalupe parishioners in Frankford celebrate their parish namesake’s feast day — Photo gallery
With roses in hand, hearts ready and children in tow, more than 500 worshippers gathered for Mass in Frankford the evening of Dec. 12 to celebrate the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe at her namesake church, Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission Church, part of the parish of St. Ann […]
- Saint Vincent de Paul Society has plan, and could use help, to prepare in the event of local disaster, recovery
By Tish Galu St. Vincent de Paul Society What would you do if an unexpected disaster hit the east coast? How would our diocese respond and where would we go for help? There are more unexpected weather events happening every year across the country. We are thankful that there […]


