Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre

Diocese of Rockville Centre

Dioecesis Petropolitana in Insula Longa
St. Agnes Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country United States
TerritoryLong Island, New York
Ecclesiastical provinceNew York
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
2,851,977
1,531,445[1] (53.7%)
Parishes134
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedApril 6, 1957
CathedralSt. Agnes Cathedral
Patron saintSaint Agnes[2]
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJohn Barres
Metropolitan ArchbishopTimothy M. Dolan
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishops emeritus
Map
Website
drvc.org

The Diocese of Rockville Centre (Latin: Dioecesis Petropolitana in Insula Longa) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the Long Island region of New York State in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of New York.

The current bishop is John Barres. The cathedral is St. Agnes Cathedral, in Rockville Centre, New York. Founded in 1957, this diocese was created from territory that formerly belonged to the Diocese of Brooklyn. It includes all of Nassau and Suffolk counties except for Fishers Island, which is part of the Diocese of Norwich. As of 2005, it the sixth-largest Catholic diocese in the United States, currently serving approximately 1.5 million people in 134 parishes.[3]

  1. ^ Who We Are Archived 2017-03-18 at the Wayback Machine. Diocese of Rockville Centre. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Diocese of Rockville Centre Celebrates Patron, St. Agnes | the Diocese of Rockville Centre".
  3. ^ "1010 WINS - On-Air, Online, on Demand - LI Diocese Loses Sex Abuse Suit". Archived from the original on 2007-08-05. Retrieved 2005-12-14.