Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn
| Diocese of Brooklyn Dioecesis Bruklyniensis |
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 Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Brooklyn |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Brooklyn (Kings County), Queens (Queens County) |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of New York |
| Metropolitan | 310 Prospect Park West Brooklyn, New York, 11215 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 179 sq mi (460 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 4,865,000 1,453,000 (29.9%) |
| Parishes | 206 |
| Schools | 119 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 29, 1853 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. James |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph |
| Secular priests | 544 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan Archbishop of New York |
| Auxiliary Bishop | Frank Joseph Caggiano, Octavio Cisneros, Paul Robert Sanchez, Raymond Francis Chappetto Auxilary Bishops of Brooklyn |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| dioceseofbrooklyn.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, which includes territory that was previously part of the (now) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, was established as a separate diocese in 1853[1] when the City of Brooklyn was separate from New York City.
The diocese includes parishes in Brooklyn, as well as Queens, which at the time of formation was a rural hinterland of New York City. It once included all of Long Island, but it gave up its territory in Nassau County and Suffolk County in 1957 to the Diocese of Rockville Centre.[2]
Brooklyn is one of the few dioceses in the United States that is made up of 100% urban territory.[3]
The Bishop of Brooklyn presides from the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Downtown Brooklyn. Many major ceremonies, however, are held at the much larger Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Sunset Park neighborhood in southern Brooklyn.
On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI named two priests as Auxiliary Bishops of Brooklyn.[4][5][6]
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Bishops of the Diocese of Brooklyn
Ordinaries
- Bishop John Loughlin (1853–1891)
- Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell (1892–1921)
- Bishop Thomas Edmund Molloy (1922–1956), Archbishop (personal title) (1951–1956)
- Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart (1957–1968), Archbishop (personal title) (1966–1968)
- Bishop Francis Mugavero (1968–1990)
- Bishop Thomas Vose Daily (1990–2003)
- Bishop Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio (2003–present)
Auxiliaries
- Bishop Paul Robert Sanchez (2012- )
- Bishop Raymond Francis Chappetto (2012- )
- Bishop Frank Joseph Caggiano (2006- )
- Bishop Octavio Cisneros (2006- )
- Bishop Guy Sansaricq (2006–2010)
- Bishop Ignatius Anthony Catanello (1994–2010)
- Bishop Gerald Barbarito (1994–1999)
- Bishop Anthony Bevilacqua (1980–1983)
- Bishop John J. Snyder (1972–1979)
- Bishop Joseph Michael Sullivan (1980–2005)
- Bishop René Arnold Valero (1980–2005)
- Bishop John Joseph Boardman (1952–1977)
- Bishop Joseph Peter Michael Denning (1959–1982)
- Bishop Raymond Augustine Kearney (1934–1956)
- Bishop Charles Richard Mulrooney (1959–1981)
- Bishop George Mundelein (1909–1915)
- Bishop Edmund Joseph Reilly (1955–1958)
Education
The bishop is also the true principal of the diocese's pre-seminary high school, Cathedral Preparatory Seminary. As of March 2009, Cathedral Preparatory Seminary is the only full-time high school seminary in the nation. Three Diocesan and/or parish high schools are under the auspices of the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens.
High schools
There are three Diocesan and/or parish high schools under the auspices of the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens. While the Catholic high schools below may geographically lie within the diocese, most are run independently of it. [7]
Brooklyn
- Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School
- Bishop Kearney High School
- Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School
- Catherine McAuley High School
- Fontbonne Hall Academy
- Lourdes Academy High School
- Nazareth Regional High School
- St. Edmund Preparatory High School
- St. Joseph High School
- Saint Saviour High School of Brooklyn
- Xaverian High School
Queens
- Archbishop Molloy High School
- Cathedral Preparatory Seminary
- Christ The King Regional High School
- Holy Cross High School
- Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School
- St. Agnes High School
- St. Francis Preparatory School
- St. John's Preparatory School
- Stella Maris High School
- The Mary Louis Academy
Elementary schools
There were 116 Diocesan and parish elementary schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens in March 2009. In the fall of 2009, a new free tuition school called the Pope John Paul II Family Academy [8] opened [9] at St. Barbara's School in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
The following six schools are to be closed at the end of the 2009 academic year,[10] which will reduce the total number of schools to 111:
- Flatbush Catholic Academy
- Most Precious Blood School
- St. Benedict Joseph Labre School
- St. Catherine of Sienna School
- St. Aloysius School
- St. Ann School
- Blessed Sacrament School
- Queen of the Rosary Catholic Academy
Cemeteries
There are nine Roman Catholic cemeteries serving the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Brooklyn
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Most Holy Trinity Cemetery
Queens
- Saint John's Cemetery
- Mount St. Mary Cemetery
- St. Monica Cemetery
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery
- Calvary
Outside of the Diocese of Brooklyn
- St. Charles / Resurrection Cemeteries
- Trinity Cemetery
- St. Mary Star of the Sea Cemetery
Hospitals
References
- ^ http://www.dioceseofbrooklyn.org/about/diocesan_stats.aspx
- ^ "Who We Are," Diocese of Rockville Centre website (accessed 2009-November–02).
- ^ Coen, Joseph W.; McNamara, Patrick, J.; Vaccari, Peter I. Diocese of Immigrants: The Brooklyn Catholic Experience 1853-2003, Éditions du Signe, 2004. ISBN 2-7468-0912-5 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK]. p. 120
- ^ http://www.news.va/en/news/other-pontifical-acts-162
- ^ http://dioceseofbrooklyn.org/?p=1681
- ^ http://usccb.org/news/2012/12-074e.cfm
- ^ "Catholic High Schools". Diocese of Brooklyn website. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ NY Daily News (2009-02-27). "Rich donor aids new Catholic school for poor fams". Retrieved 2009-03-20.
- ^ Pope John Pall II Family Academy official site
- ^ NY Daily News (2009-02-13). "Church saves six schools, closes eight others in Brooklyn & Queens". Retrieved 2009-03-20.
