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Diocese of Brooklyn Dioecesis Bruklyniensis
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Location
Country	United States
Territory	Brooklyn and Queens
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 July 2017) 5,007,353 1,506,000
Parishes	188
Schools	99
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 29, 1853
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. James
Co-cathedral	Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph
Secular priests	472
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio
Metropolitan Archbishop	Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan Archbishop of New York
Auxiliary Bishops	Octavio Cisneros Paul Robert Sanchez Raymond Francis Chappetto James Massa Witold Mroziewski Neil Edward Tiedemann
Emeritus Bishops	René Arnold Valero Guy Sansaricq
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Website
dioceseofbrooklyn.org

The Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Brooklyn (top) and Saint Joseph Church in Prospect Heights, named co-cathedral in February 2013 (bottom)

The Diocese of Brooklyn is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the U.S. state of New York. It is headquartered in Brooklyn and its territory encompasses the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of New York. The diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Downtown Brooklyn and its co-cathedral is the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights. The current diocesan bishop is Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio.

Brooklyn is one of the few dioceses in the United States that is made up of 100% urban territory.^[1]

The Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, Bishop Anthony DiMarzio, presides from both the Cathedral Basilica of St. James and the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph. This atypical arrangement was required due to the small size of the Cathedral Basilica of St. James. St. Joseph's Church was designated as a Co-Cathedral for the Diocese of Brooklyn on February 14, 2013, by Pope Benedict XVI after Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio petitioned the Vatican. ^[2]

History

The diocese was established in 1853 out of the territory of the Archdiocese of New York, at a time when Brooklyn was still a separate city from New York City.^[3] It originally included all of Long Island, but its present-day territory was established in 1957 when Nassau and Suffolk Counties were split to form the Diocese of Rockville Centre.^[4]

Bishops

The lists of the bishops and auxiliary bishops of the diocese and their years of service, followed by other priests of the diocese who became bishops:

Bishops of the Diocese of Brooklyn

Present

Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio (2003–present)

Past

John Loughlin (1853–1891)

Charles Edward McDonnell (1892–1921)

Thomas Edmund Molloy (1922–1956), elevated to Archbishop (ad personam) in 1951

Bryan Joseph McEntegart (1957–1968), elevated to Archbishop (ad personam) in 1966

Francis Mugavero (1968–1990)

Thomas Vose Daily (1990–2003)

Auxiliary Bishops

Present

Octavio Cisneros (2006-present)

Paul Robert Sanchez (2012-present)

Raymond Francis Chappetto (2012-present)

James Massa (2015-present)

Witold Mroziewski (2015-present)

Neil Edward Tiedemann (2016-present)

Past

George Mundelein (1909–1915), appointed Archbishop of Chicago (elevated to Cardinal in 1924)

Raymond Augustine Kearney (1934–1956)

John Joseph Boardman (1952–1977)

Edmund Joseph Reilly (1955–1958)

Joseph Peter Michael Denning (1959–1982)

Charles Richard Mulrooney (1959–1981)

John J. Snyder (1972–1979), appointed Bishop of Saint Augustine

Joseph Michael Sullivan (1980–2005)

René Arnold Valero (1980–2005)

Anthony Bevilacqua (1980–1983), appointed Bishop of Pittsburgh and later Archbishop of Philadelphia (elevated to Cardinal in 1991)

Ignatius Anthony Catanello (1994–2010)

Gerald Barbarito (1994–1999), appointed Bishop of Palm Beach

Frank Joseph Caggiano (2006-2013), appointed Bishop of Bridgeport

Guy Sansaricq (2006–2010)

Other priests of the diocese who became bishops

• 
  George J. Caruana, appointed Bishop of Puerto Rico and later Apostolic Nuncio and Apostolic Delegate and Titular Archbishop
  


• 
  James Henry Ambrose Griffiths, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of New York
  


• 
  John Joseph Carberry, appointed Coadjutor Bishop and later Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, Bishop of Columbus, and Archbishop of Saint Louis (elevated to Cardinal in 1969)


• 
  Vincent John Baldwin, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre
  


• 
  John R. McGann, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre and later Bishop of Rockville Centre
  


• 
  James Joseph Daly, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre
  


• 
  Gerald Augustine John Ryan, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre
  


• 
  Emil Aloysius Wcela, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre
  


• 
  Vincent DePaul Breen, appointed Bishop of Metuchen
  


• 
  Edward Bernard Scharfenberger, appointed Bishop of Albany
  

Education

The sitting 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^{[citation needed]}. Three Diocesan and/or parish high schools are under the auspices of the Diocese of Brooklyn^{[citation needed]}.

High schools

There are three Diocesan and/or parish high schools under the auspices of the Diocese of Brooklyn. While the Catholic high schools below may geographically lie within the diocese, most are run independently of it.
^[5]

Brooklyn

• Bishop Kearney High School


• Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School


• Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School


• Fontbonne Hall Academy


• 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


• The Mary Louis Academy

Elementary schools

Queen of All Saints School, Fort Greene

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 ^[6] opened ^[7] at St. Barbara's School in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Cemeteries

There are nine Catholic cemeteries serving the Diocese of Brooklyn; two in Brooklyn, five in Queens and three outside the Diocese of Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

• Holy Cross Cemetery


• Most Holy Trinity Cemetery

Queens

• Saint John Cemetery


• Mount St. Mary Cemetery


• St. Monica Cemetery


• Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery

Outside of the Diocese of Brooklyn

• St. Charles / Resurrection Cemeteries


• Trinity Cemetery


• St. Mary Star of the Sea Cemetery

Hospitals

• Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Official Site

Coordinates: 40°41′49″N 73°59′11″W / 40.69694°N 73.98639°W / 40.69694; -73.98639