Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester

Diocese of Rochester

Dioecesis Roffensis
Catholic
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
CountryUnited States
TerritoryCounties of Monroe, Cayuga, Livingston, Wayne, Tioga, Tompkins, Ontario, Seneca, Schuyler, Yates, Steuben and Chemung, New York
Episcopal conferenceUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Ecclesiastical regionRegion II
Ecclesiastical provinceNew York
Deaneries7
Statistics
Area8,772 sq mi (22,720 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
1,570,000
350,000 (23%)
Parishes106
Churches172
Congregations172
Schools27
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedMarch 3, 1868; 156 years ago (1868-03-03)
CathedralCathedral of the Sacred Heart
Patron saintSt. John Fisher
Secular priests251
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSalvatore Ronald Matano
Metropolitan ArchbishopTimothy M. Dolan
Vicar GeneralPaul J. Tomasso
Map
Website
dor.org

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.

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.

  1. ^ Craughwell, Thomas (June 22, 2020). "St. John Fisher the Martyr, Overshadowed by St. Thomas More". St. John Fisher, Patron of the Diocese of Rochester.