Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
The Diocese of Wheeling - Charleston (Latin Dioecesis Vhelingensis - Carolopolitanus ) is a located in the United States Roman Catholic diocese based in Wheeling, West Virginia.
History
The Diocese of Wheeling - Charleston was posted on July 19, 1850 by Pope Pius IX. built out of territory of the Diocese of Richmond as Wheeling diocese and the Archdiocese of Baltimore is a suffragan. On August 21, 1974, the Diocese of Wheeling was renamed the Diocese of Wheeling - Charleston.
Territory
The Diocese of Wheeling - Charleston comprises the state of West Virginia.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Wheeling
- Richard Vincent Whelan, 1850-1874
- John Joseph Kain, 1875-1893, then Koadjutorerzbischof of Saint Louis
- Patrick James Donahue, 1894-1922
- John Joseph Swint, 1922-1962
- Joseph Howard Hodges, 1962-1974
Bishop of Wheeling - Charleston
- Joseph Howard Hodges, 1974-1985
- Francis Bible Schulte, 1985-1988, then Archbishop of New Orleans
- Bernard William Schmitt, 1989-2004
- Michael Joseph Bransfield, since 2004