Diocese of Wilmington

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.

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Diocesan Happenings

It’s the Season of Advent

We’re not really ready for Christmas without first observing a “little Lent" AKA Advent!

U.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration

Our bishops issued a Special Message addressing their concern for the evolving situation impacting immigrants in the United States.

The Tenors Return! Get your tickets for this Dec. 13th event

Help Catholic Charities and be inspired by the music of Christmas with The New York Tenors from Carnegie Hall!

Help Retired Religious the Weekend of Dec. 13/14

Time to remember our dedicated retired religious: Bishop Koenig (Read here) National Religious Retirement Office Announces 2025 Retirement Fund for Religious Collection The National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) is announcing…

‘Dilexi Te,’ Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation is on love for the poor

Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” (“I have loved you”), was promulgated Oct. 9. “Dilexi Te” is about love and care for the poor.

Jubilee 2025

Bishop Koenig announces local Jubilee sites for pilgrimage - the Cathedral of St. Peter PLUS six perpetual adoration chapels.

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Bishop William E. Koenig

Meet Our Bishop

Bishop Koenig was ordained to the Episcopacy by the Most Reverend William E. Lori, Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore, and installed as the 10th Bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington at a Mass on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at St. Elizabeth Church, Cedar and Clayton Streets in Wilmington, Delaware.

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