Rockville Center diocese
Rockville Center diocese | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of New York |
Diocesan bishop | John Oliver Barres |
Auxiliary bishop |
Andrzej Zglejszewski Robert Coyle Richard Henning Luis Romero Fernández MId |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | William Francis Murphy |
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
Emil Aloysius Wcela John Charles Dunne |
founding | 1957 |
surface | 3,103 km² |
Parishes | 133 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 3,659,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 1,796,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 49.1% |
Diocesan priest | 433 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 45 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 3,757 |
Permanent deacons | 288 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Friars | 109 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 908 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | St. Agnes Cathedral |
address | 50 North Park Avenue Rockville Center NY 11570-4184 |
Website | www.drvc.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
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The Rockville Center ( Latin Dioecesis Petropolitana in Insula Longa , English Diocese of Rockville Center ) located in the USA is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church with its seat in Rockville Center , Hempstead .
The diocese was created on April 6, 1957 through spin-offs from the diocese of Brooklyn and is subordinate to the Archdiocese of New York as a suffragan . It covers the two eastern counties of Long Island : Nassau and Suffolk .
Bishops of Rockville Center
- Walter Philip Kellenberg , April 16, 1957–3. May 1976
- John Raymond McGann , May 3, 1976-4. January 2000
- James Thomas McHugh , Jan. 4, 2000-10. December 2000
- William Francis Murphy , June 26, 2001-9. December 2016
- John Oliver Barres , since December 9, 2016
The Bishop of Rockville Center is assisted by four auxiliary bishops .
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Rockville Center - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry for the Rockville Center diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Site of the Diocese of Rockville Center (English)
- Bishopric Rockville Center on gcatholic.org (English)