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.
- Diocese of Wilmington celebrates ordination to transitional diaconate for James Kimmel — Bishop Koenig homily, photo gallery
Dearly beloved brothers and sisters: since this man, our son and your relative and friend, is soon to be advanced to the Order of Deacons, I invite you to reflect with me on the ministerial rank to which he shall be raised. By a blessed coincidence, this year has also been […]
- Catholic Forum: From Peru to the Papacy: Pope Leo XIV at One Year with guest Justin McLellan
On this week’s edition of Catholic Forum, Justin McLellan, a Wilmington native who works as the Vatican Correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, joins the show to discuss his experience as a Vatican journalist during the conclave, traveling to Peru soon after Pope […]
- Bishop Koenig joins Catholics across the globe giving thanks for ‘Gospel message of peace’ from Pope Leo XIV on first anniversary
Catholics across the world are giving thanks May 8 and offering prayers for Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of his first anniversary of being elected Holy Father. In the Diocese of Wilmington, Bishop Koenig joined those celebrating the pontiff. “For one year at each Mass we […]


