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.
- From our very beginning, the education of children was of prime importance — cdow.org/sayyes
“As we celebrate this year, the 250th Anniversary of the founding of our country, I am very mindful that from our very beginning the education of children was of prime importance. As Alexis de Tocqueville observed, ‘The founders gave America its laws, but it is the formation […]
- Bishop Koenig statement on announcement of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming lung surgery
Most Rev. William E. Koenig, Bishop of Wilmington, offered the following statement upon the announcement of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming surgery: “I join with Abp. Paul Coakley and the bishops of the United States in offering my prayers for our Holy Father Pope Leo XIV and the […]
- Every child deserves the opportunity to flourish and many children and families would benefit from this financial assistance — cdow.org/sayyes
“At the present time, neither of the governors of the states of Delaware nor Maryland have made a decision regarding their respective state’s participation in the FSTC. Believing, however, that every child deserves the opportunity to flourish and that many children and […]


