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.
- ‘The tax credit people choose does not reduce resources anywhere and is available to everyone’ — cdow.org/sayyes
“The tax credit people choose does not reduce resources anywhere and is available to everyone. The tax credit made it through the political process thus far due to hard work by many people who would like to see kids have as many resources as possible.” — Steven Cheeseman, […]
- ‘The more informed all Catholics are, the more impact the program will have’ — cdow.org/sayyes
“Let us encourage our Church leaders and Catholic school educators to share more information about the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit. The more informed all Catholics are, the more impact the program will have.” — Hosffman Ospino, professor, Boston College Call Matt Meyer, […]
- Cardinal Gregory celebrates Black Catholic history at St. Joseph on French Street, thanks community for ‘spiritual energy’
Wilton Cardinal Gregory, retired Archbishop of Washington, was the main celebrant of a Mass marking National Black Catholic History Month on Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church in Wilmington. One of the most prominent leaders of the American Catholic church arrived with a […]


