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Country
  
United States

Cathedral
  
Sacred Heart Cathedral

Patron saint
  
John Fisher

Bishop
  
Salvatore Ronald Matano

Phone
  
+1 585-328-4470

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester

Territory
  
Counties of Monroe, Cayuga, Livingston, Wayne, Tioga, Tompkins, Ontario, Seneca, Schuyler, Yates, Steuben and Chemung, New York

Ecclesiastical province
  
Archdiocese of New York

Metropolitan
  
1150 Buffalo Road Rochester, New York 14624

Area
  
8,772 sq mi (22,720 km)

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2014) 1,570,000 350,000 (23%%)

Address
  
530 Lyell Ave, Rochester, NY 14606, USA

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the Greater Rochester region of New York State in the United States. The region that the Diocese comprises extends from its northern border on the south shore of Lake Ontario through the Finger Lakes region to its southern border at the New York-Pennsylvania border.

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The Diocese of Rochester comprises 12 counties in New York, with approximately 350,000 Catholics and over 125 faith communities (parishes and chapels), 22 diocesan elementary schools and 7 independent parochial high schools. The metropolitan for the diocese is the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, currently Timothy Cardinal Dolan. The cathedral parish for the diocese is Sacred Heart Cathedral.

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History

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester began on March 3, 1868, when Pope Pius IX entrusted eight counties (Monroe, Livingston, Wayne, Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga, Yates, and Tompkins) within the Diocese of Buffalo to Bernard J. McQuaid, the first bishop of Rochester. The new diocese had about 54,500 Catholics in 35 parish churches and 29 mission churches.

In 1896, the counties of Schuyler, Tioga, Chemung, and Steuben were added to the Diocese of Rochester from the Diocese of Buffalo, forming the current boundaries.

The diocese grew as Catholic immigrants came to western New York, peaking in the 1960s. Since then, the Catholic population has stabilized while the numbers of ordained presbyters (priests) and women religious (sisters) has fallen.

  • In 1909, there were 121,000 Catholics in 93 parishes, 36 missions and 53 parish schools with 18,000 pupils. There were 164 priests and more than 500 sisters.
  • In 1938, there were 223,657 Catholics in 129 parishes, 36 missions and 72 parish schools serving 23,796 pupils. There were 289 active diocesan priests.
  • In 1966, there were 361,790 Catholics in 155 parishes, 36 mission churches and 99 elementary parish schools serving 45,540 pupils. There were 371 active diocesan priests and 1,549 sisters.
  • In 1978, there were 358,850 Catholics in 161 parishes, 29 mission churches and 75 schools serving 19,526 pupils. There were 311 active diocesan priests and 1,095 women religious.
  • In 1992, there were 361,384 Catholics in 162 parishes and 58 elementary schools serving 11,992 pupils. There were 208 active diocesan priests and 842 sisters.

    • Ordinaries

    The following are lists of ordinaries and their years of service:

    Bishops

    1. Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid (1868 - 1909) Died
    2. Bishop Thomas Francis Hickey (1909 - 1928) Resigned and was appointed titular Archbishop
    3. Bishop John Francis O'Hern (1929 - 1933) Died
    4. Bishop Edward Mooney (1933 - 1937) Appointed Archbishop of Detroit; Cardinal in 1946
    5. Bishop James E. Kearney (1937 - 1966) Retired
    6. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen (1966 - 1969) Retired and appointed titular Archbishop of Newport, Wales
    7. Bishop Joseph Lloyd Hogan (1969 - 1978) Retired due to health
    8. Bishop Matthew H. Clark (1979 - 2012) Retired at age 75
    9. Bishop Salvatore Ronald Matano (2014–present)

    Coadjutor Bishop

    1. Bishop Thomas Francis Hickey (1905 - 1909) Succeeded to see

    Auxiliary Bishops

    1. Bishop Lawrence B. Casey (1953 - 1966)
    2. Bishop John Edgar McCafferty (1968 - 1980)
    3. Bishop Dennis Walter Hickey (1968 - 1990)

    Former primary schools

    Over the years, as Catholic populations moved to the suburbs, the Diocese has closed parishes and their schools. These include the former Holy Apostles, Holy Redeemer, Holy Rosary, Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of Victory, Sacred Heart, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Augustine, St. Casimir, St. Francis Xavier, St. Helen, St. John the Evangelist, St. Joseph, St. Lucy, St. Mary, St. Michael, St. Patrick, Ss. Peter and Paul, St. Stanislaus, and St. Theresa.

    In 2008, facing growing deficits and declining enrollments, the Diocese closed the following schools:

  • Holy Family School, Dansville, Livingston County
  • All Saints Catholic Academy, Gates
  • Catherine McAuley, Greece
  • Corpus Christi, Rochester
  • Good Shepherd, Henrietta
  • Holy Cross, Rochester (reopened in 2011)
  • Holy Family, Rochester
  • Holy Trinity, Webster
  • St. Andrews, Rochester
  • St. Boniface, Rochester
  • St. John of Rochester, Fairport
  • St. John the Evangelist, Spencerport
  • St. Margaret Mary, Irondequoit
  • St. Monica, Rochester

    • High schools

    There remain five traditionally Catholic high schools (or combined junior/senior high schools) in the diocese. These schools were founded by various Roman Catholic religious orders and operate independently of the diocese itself.

    Former high schools

  • Academy of the Sacred Heart, Rochester, Monroe County, 1855–1969
  • Cardinal Mooney High School, Greece, Monroe County, 1962–1989
  • DeSales High School, Geneva, Ontario County, 1912–2012
  • Nazareth Academy, Rochester, Monroe County, 1871–2010
  • St. Agnes High School, Rochester, Monroe County, 1954–1982
  • King's Preparatory, Rochester, Monroe County, 1967-1970
  • St. Anthony of Padua College Prep School, Watkins Glen, Schuyler County, 1949-1970

    • Former seminaries

  • St. Andrew's Preparatory Seminary, 1870–1967
  • Saint Bernard's Seminary, 1893–1981

    • Former liberal arts colleges

  • Nazareth College for Women, became independent in the 1970s
  • St. John Fisher College for Men, became independent in 1968

    • Former charitable institutions

  • St. Ann's Home (now St. Ann's Community)
  • St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum (now St. Joseph's Villa)
  • St. Mary's Boys' Home
  • St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Monroe County
  • St. Patrick's Girls' Home

    • Counties

    This is a list of the counties in New York State that fall into the Diocese of Rochester:

  • Monroe
  • Livingston
  • Wayne
  • Ontario
  • Seneca
  • Cayuga
  • Yates
  • Tompkins
  • Schuyler (added in 1896)
  • Tioga (added in 1896)
  • Chemung (added in 1896)
  • Steuben (added in 1896)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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