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.
- Catholic school students in Diocese of Wilmington help change the world; ‘Living water for Lent’ improves quality of life in Kenya
By Aaron Lemma, Director, U.S. Operations Water is Life Kenya How many times have you used water today? I asked this question to over 1,000 Catholic school students across our diocese this Lent. These school assemblies are part of our Living Water for Lent solidarity campaign, […]
- National Eucharistic Pilgrimage registration opens, revealing East Coast route including Diocese of Wilmington
Registration for public events during the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage opened March 18, revealing abundant opportunities for Catholics to join the nine “perpetual pilgrims” traveling the East Coast route from Florida to Maine that culminates in an Independence Day […]
- St. Francis de Sales School in Salisbury, Maryland, plans to offer ninth grade next year: ‘We’re going to keep right on going’
St. Francis de Sales School is moving forward with plans to extend Catholic high school education further south in the Diocese of Wilmington. The school is currently enrolling students for a ninth grade, scheduled to open this fall on its parish campus in Salisbury, Md. […]


