Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

Diocese of Brooklyn Dioecesis Bruklyniensis
Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Brooklyn
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
Population - Catholics	1,556,575
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 29, 1853
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. James
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Bishop of Brooklyn
Metropolitan Archbishop	Timothy Dolan Archbishop of New York
Auxiliary Bishop	Frank Joseph Caggiano, Octavio Cisneros Auxiliary Bishops of Brooklyn
Map
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 USA 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^{[citation needed]}.

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

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. ^[4]

• Archbishop Molloy High School (Queens)
• Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School (Brooklyn)
• Bishop Kearney High School (New York City)
• Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School (Brooklyn)
• Cathedral Preparatory Seminary (Queens)
• Catherine McAuley High School (Brooklyn)
• Christ The King Regional High School (Queens)
• Fontbonne Hall Academy (Brooklyn)
• Holy Cross High School (Queens)
• Lourdes Academy High School (Brooklyn)
• Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School
• Nazareth Regional High School (Brooklyn)
• St. Agnes High School (Queens)
• St. Edmund Preparatory High School (Brooklyn)
• St. Francis Preparatory School (Queens)
• St. John's Preparatory School (New York City)
• St. Joseph High School (Brooklyn)
• Saint Saviour High School of Brooklyn
• Stella Maris High School (Queens)
• The Mary Louis Academy (Queens)
• Xaverian High School (Brooklyn)

Elementary schools

Queen of All Saints School, Ft 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 ^[5] opened ^[6] at St. Barbara's School in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

The following six schools are to be closed at the end of the 2009 academic year,^[7] which will reduce the total number of schools to 111:

• Flatbush Catholic Academy
• St. Vincent Ferrer School
• Most Precious Blood School
• St. Benedict Joseph Labre School
• St. Catherine of Sienna School
• St. Aloysius School
• St. Ann School
• Blessed Sacrament School

Cemeteries

There are nine Roman Catholic cemeteries serving the Diocese of Brooklyn^{[citation needed]}.

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

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

1. ^ http://www.dioceseofbrooklyn.org/about/diocesan_stats.aspx
2. ^ "Who We Are," Diocese of Rockville Centre website (accessed 2009-Nov-02).
3. ^ 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. p. 120
4. ^ "Catholic High Schools". Diocese of Brooklyn website. http://www.dioceseofbrooklyn.org/education/highschools.aspx. Retrieved 2009-05-27. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ NY Daily News (2009-02-27). "Rich donor aids new Catholic school for poor fams". http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/02/27/2009-02-27_rich_donor_aids_new_catholic_school_for_-2.html. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 
6. ^ Pope John Pall II Family Academy official site
7. ^ NY Daily News (2009-02-13). "Church saves six schools, closes eight others in Brooklyn & Queens". http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2009/02/13/2009-02-13_church_saves_six_schools_closes_eight_ot.html. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 

External links

	New York City portal
	Catholicism portal

• Diocese of Brooklyn Official Web Site