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.
- Applied Bank donates $7.6 million to Rocco A. and Mary Abessinio Foundation to support ongoing charitable giving
WILMINGTON – Applied Bank announced that it has made a $7.6 million cash gift to the Rocco A. and Mary Abessinio Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization based in Delaware. Since its inception in 2001, the Abessinio Foundation has made transformational gifts surpassing […]
- Churchgoers in Wilmington show up in strong numbers as Ash Wednesday starts Lent with milder weather — Photo gallery
The frigid weather we’ve experienced the first part of 2026 in Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland has let up enough recently to free more people who have been hibernating from the cold. That was evident Feb. 18 as Ash Wednesday drew large gatherings for the traditional […]
- Plenty of action with Padua Academy’s ‘Newsies’; Archmere Academy up next with ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ — Photo gallery
If it sounded like heels clicking last week in the Wilmington neighborhood around Padua Academy, it was coming from the all-girls Catholic High School. Padua Academy performers were all over the stage with the musical “Newsies.” Based on the 1992 motion picture and inspired […]


