Diocese of Rockville Centre Dioecesis Petropolitana in Insula Longa | |
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 St. Agnes Cathedral | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | Long Island, New York |
| Ecclesiastical province | New York |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 2,851,977 1,531,445[1] (53.7%) |
| Parishes | 134 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | April 6, 1957 |
| Cathedral | St. Agnes Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Saint Agnes[2] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | John Barres |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Timothy M. Dolan |
| Auxiliary Bishops | |
| Bishops emeritus | |
| Map | |
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| 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[update], it the sixth-largest Catholic diocese in the United States, currently serving approximately 1.5 million people in 134 parishes.[3]
- ^ Who We Are Archived 2017-03-18 at the Wayback Machine. Diocese of Rockville Centre. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ "The Diocese of Rockville Centre Celebrates Patron, St. Agnes | the Diocese of Rockville Centre".
- ^ "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.