Collection Development Policy
The Office of the Archives and Records collects, preserves, and makes available for research diocesan records, documents, artifacts, and other works of enduring value concerning the work and history of the Catholic Church within North Carolina. Official diocesan records are defined as all recorded information, regardless of media type or characteristics, made or received and maintained by an agency, institution, or office pursuant to the legal obligations or in the transaction of diocesan activities.
Agencies and institutions are considered those administrative units which perform specific functions and maintain an operational relationship to the bishop. Offices are the administrative units designed to assist the bishop in the administration of the diocese and maintains a reportorial relationship with the bishop. Such agencies and institutions may be operated by religious orders of men and/or women, laymen and/or women, parishes, and schools but remain under the rubric of the diocese.