Diocese of Buffalo Diœcesis Buffalensis | |
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 St. Joseph Cathedral | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | Western New York (Counties of Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans, Chautauqua, Wyoming, Cattaraugus, and Allegany, New York) |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of New York |
| Headquarters | 795 Main Street Buffalo, New York 14203 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 16,511 km2 (6,375 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2018) 1,527,681 727,125 (47.6%) |
| Parishes | 161 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | April 23, 1847 |
| Cathedral | St. Joseph Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Joseph[1] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Michael William Fisher |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Timothy M. Dolan |
| Bishops emeritus | Richard Joseph Malone Edward M. Grosz |
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The Diocese of Buffalo (Latin: Diœcesis Buffalensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Western New York in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese within the metropolitan province of the Archdiocese of New York.
The Diocese of Buffalo includes eight counties in New York State. It was erected in 1847. The mother church of the diocese is St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo.
Since December 2020, Michael Fisher has served is the bishop of Buffalo.[2]
- ^ "Most Reverend Edward D. Head | Diocese of Buffalo".
- ^ "Bishop Fisher | Diocese of Buffalo". www.buffalodiocese.org. Retrieved June 19, 2024.