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.
- Thomas J. Kane, Sr., longtime Diocese of Wilmington Catholic Cemeteries superintendent, dies at 75
Thomas J. “Tom” Kane, Sr., age 75, of West Grove, PA, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2026. Born in Wilmington, on July 27, 1950, he was the second youngest of 11 children born to the late James F. and Agnes M. (Lenhoff) Kane, Sr. Tom was a graduate of Salesianum School in […]
- ‘Ferris Bueller’ and other kids greet St. Elizabeth School students at goat yoga in Wilmington: Photo gallery
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — A group of students from St. Elizabeth School were just a mile or two off busy Concord Pike, but that seemed like a million miles away when they traveled to Ramsey’s Farm in the Brandywine Valley on May 27 for a unique field trip. The students — […]
- National Eucharistic Pilgrimage reaches Carolinas, recalls Catholic history along South Atlantic coast; Eastern Shore next week
After a Pentecost launch, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage marked its first full weekend with events in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina. Four parishes in the Tar Heel State hosted Mass and Eucharistic adoration as the nine perpetual pilgrims traveling this year’s […]


