Diocese of Rochester
Diocese of Rochester | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of New York |
Diocesan bishop | Salvatore Ronald Matano |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Matthew Harvey Clark |
founding | 1868 |
surface | 18,400 km² |
Parishes | 90 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 1,527,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 372,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 24.4% |
Diocesan priest | 179 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 49 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,632 |
Permanent deacons | 141 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Friars | 78 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 643 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
Website | www.dor.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Diocese of Rochester ( Latin Dioecesis Roffensis , English Diocese of Rochester ) is a in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Rochester , New York .
history
The diocese of Rochester was on March 3, 1868 by Pope Pius IX. Erected from cessions of territory by the Buffalo Diocese and subordinated to the New York Archdiocese as a suffragan . In 1896 parts of the area of the Diocese of Buffalo were annexed to the Diocese of Rochester.
territory
The Diocese of Rochester includes the areas of Cayuga County , Chemung County , Livingston County , Monroe County , Ontario County , Schuyler County , Seneca County , Steuben County , Tioga County , Tompkins County , Wayne County, and Yates County in New York State .
Bishops of Rochester
- Bernard John Joseph McQuaid , 1868–1909
- Thomas Francis Hickey , 1909-1928
- John Francis O'Hern , 1929-1933
- Edward Aloysius Mooney , 1933–1937, then Archbishop of Detroit
- James Edward Kearney , 1937–1966
- Fulton John Sheen , 1966-1969
- Joseph Lloyd Hogan , 1969–1978
- Matthew Harvey Clark , 1979-2012
- Salvatore Ronald Matano , since 2013
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Rochester on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Homepage of the Diocese of Rochester (English)