Diocese of Brooklyn
Bruklynien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Brooklyn, New York, United States
The Diocese of Brooklyn, erected in 1853, covers the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens and is the only entirely urban diocese in the United States. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of New York and is led by Bishop Robert J. Brennan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 July 1853
- Latin
- Bruklynien(sis)
- Patron
- Imaculada Conceição
- Annuario code
- 001000961
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,500,000
- Population
- 5,007,353
- Catholic share
- 30.0%
- Priests
- 472
- Catholics per priest
- 3,178
- Extent
- 464 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3,233
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Robert J. Brennan
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of St. James stands in Brooklyn, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of New York
A suffragan of Archdiocese of New York.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of New YorkNew York
- Diocese of AlbanyAlbany
- Diocese of BuffaloBuffalo
- Diocese of OgdensburgOgdensburg
- Diocese of RochesterRochester
- Diocese of Rockville CentreRockville Centre
- Diocese of SyracuseSyracuse
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Headquartered in Brooklyn, the Diocese of Brooklyn (Latin: Diœcesis Bruklyniensis) is a Catholic diocese in the state of New York whose territory takes in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. It stands as a suffragan in the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of New York. The Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Downtown Brooklyn serves as the diocesan cathedral, with the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights as co-cathedral. Among United States dioceses it is one of the few made up of 100% urban territory. Robert J. Brennan is the bishop.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].