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.
- National Eucharistic Pilgrimage continues into the Diocese of Camden: ‘Virtues become fulfilled and perfected’
Under a bluff of trees in Fort Mott State Park in Salem County, N.J., Bishop Koenig handed over the Blessed Sacrament at the end of the Diocese of Wilmington leg of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. Camden Diocese Bishop Joseph Williams led dozens of worshipers in […]
- Wilmington Mass of dedication of the United States to the Sacred Heart: Bishop Koenig homily
Fifty-three years ago, Americans watched in amazement as the horse, Secretariat, thundered down the stretch at the Belmont Stakes. Not only did he, with that race, win the Triple Crown but he did it by over 30 lengths with a time that has never been broken and established […]
- Closing Mass for National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in Diocese of Wilmington draws full house to St. Peter Cathedral: Photo gallery
WILMINGTON – A whirlwind 24 hours came to a close on June 12 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington, where a full church gathered for the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage and for the consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The streets surrounding the cathedral came to […]


