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.
- St. Elizabeth School celebrates Cinco de Mayo with mariachi band: Photo gallery
WILMINGTON — The steps of St. Elizabeth Church in Wilmington turned into the site of a fiesta on May 5, Cinco de Mayo, for the students of the parish school. A six-piece mariachi band performed twice under sunny skies, once for the elementary school students, then again for […]
- Six French soldiers killed in U.S. Revolution, prominent Delaware Catholic, remembered during service at Coffee Run Cemetery
WILMINGTON — Nearly two dozen people joined in for a wreath-laying and prayer service May 2 at the graves of long-ago French soldiers and a distinguished Catholic from Delaware at Coffee Run Cemetery, the state’s oldest Catholic graveyard. Members of the Knights of Columbus […]
- ‘The Sound of Music’ at Salesianum School wraps up high school musical season in Diocese of Wilmington — Photo gallery
Another successful season of drama, music and fun in the Diocese of Wilmington wraps up this week as Salesianum School presents the classic “The Sound of Music” — the last of the series of shows put on by every local Catholic high school. Salesianum enters its second […]


