Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester
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The Diocese of Rochester (Latin: Dioecesis Roffensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Upstate region of New York State in the United States.
Diocese of Rochester Dioecesis Roffensis | |
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Catholic | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of Monroe, Cayuga, Livingston, Wayne, Tioga, Tompkins, Ontario, Seneca, Schuyler, Yates, Steuben and Chemung, New York |
Episcopal conference | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |
Ecclesiastical region | Region II |
Ecclesiastical province | New York |
Deaneries | 7 |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,772 sq mi (22,720 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 1,570,000 350,000 (23%) |
Parishes | 106 |
Churches | 172 |
Congregations | 172 |
Schools | 27 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | March 3, 1868; 156 years ago (1868-03-03) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart |
Patron saint | St. John Fisher |
Secular priests | 251 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Salvatore Ronald Matano |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Timothy M. Dolan |
Vicar General | Very Rev. Paul J. Tomasso |
Map | |
Website | |
dor.org |
The bishop of the diocese is currently Salvatore Matano. The metropolitan for the diocese is the archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York – currently Timothy Cardinal Dolan. The cathedral parish for the diocese is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Rochester. The patron saint of the diocese is English Cardinal John Fisher.[1]
The diocese comprises 12 counties with approximately 350,000 Catholics and over 125 faith communities (parishes and chapels), 22 diocesan elementary schools and seven independent parochial high schools.